diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/api/mod.rs b/src/dragonball/src/api/mod.rs
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+++ b/src/dragonball/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Alibaba Cloud. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! API related data structures to configure the vmm.
+
+pub mod v1;
diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs b/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs
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index 0000000000..d457b6124b
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+++ b/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/instance_info.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Alibaba Cloud. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright 2018 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+/// The microvm state.
+///
+/// When Dragonball starts, the instance state is Uninitialized. Once start_microvm method is
+/// called, the state goes from Uninitialized to Starting. The state is changed to Running until
+/// the start_microvm method ends. Halting and Halted are currently unsupported.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq, Serialize)]
+pub enum InstanceState {
+    /// Microvm is not initialized.
+    Uninitialized,
+    /// Microvm is starting.
+    Starting,
+    /// Microvm is running.
+    Running,
+    /// Microvm is Paused.
+    Paused,
+    /// Microvm received a halt instruction.
+    Halting,
+    /// Microvm is halted.
+    Halted,
+    /// Microvm exit instead of process exit.
+    Exited(i32),
+}
+
+/// The state of async actions
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum AsyncState {
+    /// Uninitialized
+    Uninitialized,
+    /// Success
+    Success,
+    /// Failure
+    Failure,
+}
+
+/// The strongly typed that contains general information about the microVM.
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+pub struct InstanceInfo {
+    /// The ID of the microVM.
+    pub id: String,
+    /// The state of the microVM.
+    pub state: InstanceState,
+    /// The version of the VMM that runs the microVM.
+    pub vmm_version: String,
+    /// The pid of the current VMM process.
+    pub pid: u32,
+    /// The state of async actions.
+    pub async_state: AsyncState,
+    /// List of tids of vcpu threads (vcpu index, tid)
+    pub tids: Vec<(u8, u32)>,
+}
+
+impl InstanceInfo {
+    /// create instance info object with given id, version, and platform type
+    pub fn new(id: String, vmm_version: String) -> Self {
+        InstanceInfo {
+            id,
+            state: InstanceState::Uninitialized,
+            vmm_version,
+            pid: std::process::id(),
+            async_state: AsyncState::Uninitialized,
+            tids: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for InstanceInfo {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        InstanceInfo {
+            id: String::from(""),
+            state: InstanceState::Uninitialized,
+            vmm_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+            pid: std::process::id(),
+            async_state: AsyncState::Uninitialized,
+            tids: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/mod.rs b/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/mod.rs
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index 0000000000..f25fb84364
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+++ b/src/dragonball/src/api/v1/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Alibaba Cloud. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+//! API Version 1 related data structures to configure the vmm.
+
+mod instance_info;
+pub use self::instance_info::{InstanceInfo, InstanceState};
diff --git a/src/dragonball/src/lib.rs b/src/dragonball/src/lib.rs
index e9330fc953..6bf0b9298a 100644
--- a/src/dragonball/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/dragonball/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 /// Address space manager for virtual machines.
 pub mod address_space_manager;
+/// API to handle vmm requests.
+pub mod api;
 /// Structs to maintain configuration information.
 pub mod config_manager;
 /// Device manager for virtual machines.