# Management API

> A programmatic interface through which operators manage a distributed runtime's state.

Record: `lexicon:management-api`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-management-api

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Log Aggregation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/log-aggregation.md) and before [Quorum](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/quorum.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## Required by

- [Control Plane](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/control-plane.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)