IBM Turbonomic

IBM Turbonomic is an Application Resource Management (ARM) platform that uses AI-powered automation to continuously analyze and optimize application performance and cloud costs across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It provides a comprehensive REST API enabling programmatic access to resource management data, workload actions, markets, policies, groups, templates, and topology information.

Website: https://www.ibm.com/products/turbonomic

APIs.yml: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/turbonomic/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

Scope

• Type: Index
• Position: Consuming
• Access: 3rd-Party

Tags

• Application Resource Management
• Cloud Cost Optimization
• Cloud Management
• Hybrid Cloud
• IBM
• Kubernetes
• Multi-Cloud
• Workload Optimization

APIs

Turbonomic REST API

The Turbonomic REST API provides programmatic access to the ARM platform via /api/v3. It enables automation of optimization actions, entity querying, market analysis, and policy management.

• Base URL: https://{turbonomic_host}/api/v3
• Authentication: Bearer token (obtained via POST /api/v3/login)
• Documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/tarm/8.19.3?topic=reference-turbonomic-rest-api-endpoints
• Swagger UI: https://try.turbonomic.io/apidoc/
• OpenAPI Spec: openapi/turbonomic-rest-api-openapi.yml

Key Endpoints:

Resource	Description
POST /login	Authenticate and obtain bearer token
GET /entities	List all managed entities (VMs, containers, apps)
GET /markets/Market/actions	Get pending optimization actions
GET/POST /groups	Manage entity groups
GET/POST /policies	Manage automation policies
GET /targets	List discovery targets
GET /templates	List resource templates
GET /topology	Explore infrastructure topology

Kubernetes CRDs

Turbonomic ships with a Kubernetes Operator defining the Xl Custom Resource for deploying the Turbonomic platform on Kubernetes.

• CRD: crd/charts.helm.k8s.io_xls.yaml
• Source: https://github.com/turbonomic/t8c-install

Capabilities

Shared Definitions

File	Description
capabilities/shared/turbonomic-rest-api.yaml	Complete Turbonomic REST API consumed definition

Workflow Capabilities

File	Description
capabilities/resource-optimization.yaml	Full resource optimization workflow (14 REST + MCP tools)

Schemas

JSON Schema

File	Description
json-schema/turbonomic-entity-schema.json	Entity schema (VMs, containers, apps)
json-schema/turbonomic-action-schema.json	Optimization action schema

JSON Structure

File	Description
json-structure/turbonomic-entity-structure.json	Entity field structure
json-structure/turbonomic-action-structure.json	Action field structure

JSON-LD

File	Description
json-ld/turbonomic-context.jsonld	Linked data context for Turbonomic resources

Examples

File	Description
examples/turbonomic-loginUser-example.json	Login and obtain bearer token
examples/turbonomic-getEntities-example.json	List managed VMs
examples/turbonomic-getMarketActions-example.json	Get pending optimization actions
examples/turbonomic-createGroup-example.json	Create a dynamic entity group
examples/turbonomic-getEntityStats-example.json	Get entity statistics

Rules

File	Description
rules/turbonomic-rest-api-rules.yml	Spectral ruleset for Turbonomic API conventions

Vocabulary

File	Description
vocabulary/turbonomic-vocabulary.yml	Domain vocabulary for ARM concepts

GitHub Organization

https://github.com/turbonomic — Includes kubeturbo, t8c-install, turbo-api, and more.

Integrations

AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, VMware vSphere, HashiCorp Terraform, ServiceNow, IBM Kubecost

Timestamps

• Created: 2026-03-16
• Modified: 2026-05-03

Maintainers

FN: Kin Lane

Email: kin@apievangelist.com