Swagger UI on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Developer Tools

Swagger UI, an interactive renderer that turns your OpenAPI and Swagger definitions into live, browsable API documentation.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Swagger UI is the open source, interactive OpenAPI and Swagger documentation renderer. It reads an API definition in JSON or YAML and turns it into a clean, browsable reference where every endpoint, parameter, request body and response model is laid out and can be tried directly from the page. Shipped as a ready to run documentation server, it lets teams give developers and API consumers a single place to explore and understand a service. You point it at your own definition, a self contained Petstore demo spec is included so it renders out of the box, and because the interface is a static web app the docs load fast and work fully offline.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg ships Swagger UI fully patched and preconfigured, with the official prebuilt distribution served by nginx over HTTPS using a certificate generated uniquely per virtual machine on first boot. It is secure by default: the documentation interface sits behind HTTP Basic Auth whose password is generated uniquely per virtual machine at first boot and written to a root only credentials file, so the docs are never open to the world before a credential exists. The external validator is disabled so the browser makes no third party calls, the paired deployment guide walks through swapping in your own API definition and locking down access with your network security group, and every image is backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

  • Private, self hosted interactive API documentation
  • A shared reference for developers and API consumers to explore endpoints
  • Offline, air gapped rendering of OpenAPI and Swagger definitions

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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