One Interface To Rule Them All

Python library for interacting with many of the popular cloud service providers using a unified API.

Supports more than 50 providers such as

Installation

Latest stable version (Python 3.10+ only): 3.9.1 (April 21st, 2026)

pip install apache-libcloud

Or download it from our servers and install it manually.

Features

Avoid vendor lock-in
Use the same API to talk to many different providers
More than 30 supported providers total
Six main APIs: Compute, Storage, Load Balancers, DNS, Container, Backup
Supports Python 3.7+, PyPy 3.7+, Python 2.7 (v2.8.x release series)

Compute Example - Create a node

fromlibcloud.compute.typesimportProvider
fromlibcloud.compute.providersimportget_driver
cls=get_driver(Provider.RACKSPACE)
driver=cls('username','api key',region='iad')
sizes=driver.list_sizes()
images=driver.list_images()
size=[sforsinsizesifs.id=='performance1-1'][0]
image=[iforiinimagesif'Ubuntu 18.04'ini.name][0]
node=driver.create_node(name='libcloud',size=size,image=image)
print(node)

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For more compute examples, see documentation.

DNS Example - Create a DNS record

fromlibcloud.dns.typesimportProvider,RecordType
fromlibcloud.dns.providersimportget_driver
cls=get_driver(Provider.ZERIGO)
driver=cls('email','api key')
zones=driver.list_zones()
zone=[zoneforzoneinzonesifzone.domain=='mydomain.com'][0]
record=zone.create_record(name='www',type=RecordType.A,data='127.0.0.1')
print(record)