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+Lightwave APIs
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+VMware Lightwave is a software stack geared towards providing identity services including authentication and authorization for large-scale distributed infrastructure, applications and containers. For information about installing and configuring Lightwave, see the project [readme](../../README.md).
+
+VMware Lightwave consists of the following sets of APIs.
+
+1.  VMware Directory Service (vmdir)
+- [Module Intro](vmdir-intro)
+- [C](vmdir-c-api)
+- [REST](vmdir-rest-api)
+
+2.  VMware Certificate Authority (vmca)
+- [Module Intro](vmca-intro)
+- [C](vmca-c-api)
+- [REST](vmca-rest-api)
+
+3.  VMware Domain Name Service (vmdns)
+- [Module Intro](vmdns-intro)
+- [C](vmdns-c-api)
+- [REST](vmdns-rest-api)
+
+4.  VMware Authentication Framework Daemon/Service (vmafd)
+- [Module Intro](vmafd-intro)
+- [C](vmafd-c-api)
+- [REST](vmafd-rest-api)
+
+5.  VMware Secure Token Service (OpenID Connect - OIDC) (vmware-sts)
+- [Module Intro](oidc-intro)
+- [C](oidc-c-api)
+- [Java](vmdir-java-api)