An Inside Look at the Open Service Broker API: Easily Deliver Services to Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes

The industry has converged on the Open Service Broker API (OSBAPI) as the best way to deliver services to Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes. Why? Here’s what makes the OSBAPI so useful:

  • It’s multiplatform & multicloud
  • It’s simple & structured
  • Use it to connect anything
  • It’s secure by default

In this paper, we explore the technical design of the Open Service Broker API. We also describe use cases, best practices, and workflows that this API unlocks for your applications.

About the Authors

Matt McNeeney, OSBAPI Project Co-Chair and Product Manager for Pivotal
Jared Ruckle, Principal Product Marketing Manager, Pivotal

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