Proxmox VE

Name: Proxmox VE
Author: mattoddie

by mattoddieversion 0.5.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.mattoddie/proxmox-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Monitor and manage Proxmox VE clusters: VMs, containers, storage and backups. Read-only by default.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Developer tools
You need to fill in: PROXMOX_URL, PROXMOX_API_TOKEN, PROXMOX_PASSWORD

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: MCP_TRANSPORT, PROXMOX_URL, PROXMOX_API_TOKEN, PROXMOX_USERNAME, PROXMOX_PASSWORD, PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT, PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL, PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE, PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES, PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES, PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC, PROXMOX_TOOLSETS, PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

DockerDocker installed

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Download the maker’s .mcpb file

The link goes to the maker’s own file; we do not host or repackage it. Open the file and Claude Desktop installs it.

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add proxmox --env MCP_TRANSPORT=your-value --env PROXMOX_URL=your-value --env PROXMOX_API_TOKEN=your-value --env PROXMOX_USERNAME=your-value --env PROXMOX_PASSWORD=your-value --env PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT=your-value --env PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL=your-value --env PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE=your-value --env PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES=your-value --env PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES=your-value --env PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC=your-value --env PROXMOX_TOOLSETS=your-value --env PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e MCP_TRANSPORT -e PROXMOX_URL -e PROXMOX_API_TOKEN -e PROXMOX_USERNAME -e PROXMOX_PASSWORD -e PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT -e PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL -e PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE -e PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES -e PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES -e PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC -e PROXMOX_TOOLSETS -e PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG ghcr.io/mattoddie/proxmox-mcp:0.5.1

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "proxmox": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_URL",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_API_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_USERNAME",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_PASSWORD",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_TOOLSETS",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG",
        "ghcr.io/mattoddie/proxmox-mcp:0.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_URL": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_API_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOOLSETS": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "proxmox": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_TRANSPORT",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_URL",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_API_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_USERNAME",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_PASSWORD",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_TOOLSETS",
        "-e",
        "PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG",
        "ghcr.io/mattoddie/proxmox-mcp:0.5.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_URL": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_API_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_USERNAME": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_PASSWORD": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOOLSETS": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

MCP_TRANSPORT env
Runs the server over stdio. The image defaults to HTTP.
PROXMOX_URL required env
Address of any node in the cluster, with the port.
PROXMOX_API_TOKEN secret env
Recommended. The whole API token as user@realm!tokenid=secret. Leave empty to use a username and password.
PROXMOX_USERNAME env
Used instead of an API token, as user@realm (e.g. mcp@pve).
PROXMOX_PASSWORD secret env
The user's password, used with the username.
PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT env
Recommended for Proxmox's self-signed certificate: its SHA-256 fingerprint. An https URL needs this or PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL.
PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL env
Leave empty when you set a fingerprint. true: the certificate is publicly trusted. false: skip the check (insecure).
PROXMOX_DEFAULT_NODE env
Node used when a request doesn't name one. Not needed on a single-node install.
PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES env
Allow changes: start and stop guests, edit configuration, create VMs, snapshots and backups.
PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES env
Also allow deleting guests, volumes, snapshots, backups and configuration. Needs writes.
PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC env
Also allow commands and file access inside VMs through the guest agent. Needs writes.
PROXMOX_TOOLSETS env
Optional comma-separated toolsets, to expose fewer tools. Empty means all (except raw).
PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG env
Optional. stderr, or a file path inside the container, to log every change as a JSON line.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account mattoddie, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

More stars than 0% of the other 5611 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 61% of the other 5611 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5611 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Proxmox VE safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: PROXMOX_URL, PROXMOX_API_TOKEN, PROXMOX_PASSWORD

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.5.1) reached the registry 18 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Docker, MCPB on your computer.

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proxmox-mcp

Talk to your Proxmox cluster.

An open-source Model Context Protocol server for Proxmox VE. It lets Claude and other AI assistants monitor and manage your nodes, VMs, containers, storage, backups, firewall and more, all from one Docker container.

[proxmox-mcp.mattoddie.dev](https://proxmox-mcp.mattoddie.dev)

Quick start · Documentation · Tool reference · Contributing

"Why is the database VM so slow today?"

*VM 101 (db) on pve2 has averaged 94% CPU since 09:00, and pve2's IO wait has been above 30% for the same period. Its disk lives on local-lvm, which is 91% full, and last night's backup task to the same disk is still running. Want me to show the backup task's log, or plan a migration of the VM to pve1, which has 40 GiB of free memory?*

Ask about your cluster in plain English. The assistant picks from 300+ tools to look things up and, if you allow it, make changes. Some examples:

🩺 *"Give me a health check of the cluster."*
📈 *"Which VMs use the most memory, and which node has the most headroom?"*
💾 *"Which guests aren't backed up, and did last night's backups succeed?"*
🧹 *"Find snapshots older than a month."*
🔐 *"Review users, API tokens and permissions for anything risky."*
🚀 *"Clone the Debian template into a new VM called web-02 with 4 GB of RAM on VLAN 20."*

Highlights

🐳 Docker-first. There's one small, distroless image (ghcr.io/mattoddie/proxmox-mcp) for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64. It serves Streamable HTTP for a long-running service, or stdio for docker run -i.
🖱️ One-click Claude Desktop install. Each release has an MCP Bundle (.mcpb) for macOS, Windows and Linux: open it and fill in a settings form. No Docker needed.
🛡️ Safe by default. The server is read-only unless you turn on writes. Deleting needs a second switch, and running commands inside guests needs a third. Tools that aren't allowed aren't registered at all, destructive tools are labelled so your MCP client asks before running them, every change can be previewed with dry_run and recorded in an audit log, and passwords and keys are redacted from output.
🧰 Broad coverage. It covers 19 toolsets: cluster, nodes, VMs, containers, guest agent, snapshots, storage, backups, tasks, access control, firewall, HA, SDN, Ceph, pools, replication, notifications, hardware and a raw API tool.
⏱️ Task-aware. Long operations such as starts, clones, migrations and backups run as Proxmox tasks. Tools wait for them and report the result with the end of the task log, or hand back the task ID to follow up later.
🎯 Addressed by VMID. Ask about VM 100 and the server finds which node it's on. Single-node installs need no node names at all.
🎛️ Tunable. Expose only the toolsets you need, and list tools take search, fields and limit, which keeps the model's context small and focused.
🔑 Least privilege. Use a dedicated API token scoped with Proxmox's own roles and ACLs, so Proxmox enforces the limits too.
🧪 Tested. The test suite runs against a mock Proxmox API on every build.

Quick start

You need Docker, a Proxmox VE 8 or 9 server or cluster, and an MCP client such as Claude Code.

1. Create an API token. On any node, as root, create a read-only user and token:

pveum user add mcp@pve --comment "proxmox-mcp"

pveum acl modify / --users mcp@pve --roles PVEAuditor pveum user token add mcp@pve mcp --privsep 0

Copy the token secret from the output. You can't see it again later. Getting started explains the options, including a token that can make changes.

2. Start the server.

mkdir proxmox-mcp && cd proxmox-mcp

curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattoddie/proxmox-mcp/main/compose.yaml curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattoddie/proxmox-mcp/main/example.env -o .env

Edit .env: set PROXMOX_URL, PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID (mcp@pve!mcp), PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET,

a random MCP_AUTH_TOKEN (required; e.g. `openssl rand -hex 32`) and how to check the

Proxmox certificate (required for https): PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT (recommended; the

SHA-256 fingerprint from Node > System > Certificates), or PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL=false

docker compose up -d

3. Connect your assistant.

claude mcp add --transport http proxmox http://<docker-host>:8080/mcp \

--header "Authorization: Bearer "

Now ask *"How's my Proxmox cluster doing?"* in Claude Code.

On Claude Desktop? Skip Docker: download the .mcpb bundle for your computer from the latest release, open it, and fill in the settings form. See Claude Desktop.

Using VS Code, Cursor or Codex? See Connecting MCP clients. Prefer not to run a service? Use stdio mode with docker run -i.

proxmox-mcp is listed in the MCP Registry as io.github.mattoddie/proxmox-mcp, so clients that browse the registry can install it (as the Docker image over stdio, or as a Claude Desktop bundle) and ask for the settings.

Turning on changes

Out of the box the assistant can look but not touch. To let it make changes, add these to .env and run docker compose up -d:

PROXMOX_ALLOW_WRITES=true    # start/stop guests, create, clone, migrate, reconfigure, snapshot, back up…

PROXMOX_ALLOW_DELETES=true # also allow deleting guests, snapshots, backups and configuration (needs writes) PROXMOX_ALLOW_EXEC=true # also allow commands and file access inside VMs via the guest agent (needs writes) PROXMOX_TOOLSETS=cluster,nodes,vms,containers,snapshots,backup,tasks # optional: expose fewer tools PROXMOX_AUDIT_LOG=/audit/audit.jsonl # optional: log every change as JSON (mount ./audit; see compose.yaml)

Every tool that changes something takes dry_run, so you can ask the assistant to show you a change before it makes it. The token needs matching Proxmox permissions too. Read Security before turning on writes for a production cluster.

What it can do

Toolset	What's covered
`cluster`	Cluster overview, nodes and guests at a glance, datacenter options, corosync config, metric servers, bulk guest actions
`nodes`	Node status and statistics, services, network interfaces, DNS, time, updates and repositories, subscriptions, certificates and ACME, logs, node power
`vms`	QEMU VMs: status, configuration, power, create, clone, disks, migration, templates, cloud-init, statistics
`containers`	LXC containers: status, configuration, power, create, clone, volumes, migration, templates, interfaces, statistics
`agent`	QEMU guest agent: OS, network and filesystem information, freeze/trim, and (with exec) commands and file access
`snapshots`	VM and container snapshots: list, create, roll back, delete, and a cluster-wide view of old snapshots
`storage`	Storage definitions and usage, volumes, ISO and template downloads, physical disks, SMART, ZFS and LVM
`backup`	vzdump backup jobs, ad-hoc backups, backup listing, restores, pruning, guests without backups
`tasks`	Proxmox tasks: list, inspect, read logs, wait for and stop them
`access`	Users, groups, roles, ACLs, API tokens, realms, effective permissions, two-factor authentication
`firewall`	Rules, options, aliases, IP sets and security groups at datacenter, node and guest level, firewall log
`ha`	High availability status, resources, groups and rules
`sdn`	SDN zones, VNets, subnets, controllers, IPAM and DNS, applying pending changes
`ceph`	Ceph health, OSDs, pools, monitors, managers, metadata servers, CephFS, flags
`pools`	Resource pools and their members
`replication`	Storage replication jobs, status and logs
`notifications`	Notification targets and matchers
`hardware`	PCI and USB devices, mediated devices, resource mappings, CPU models
`raw`	An escape hatch that calls any Proxmox API path. Off unless `PROXMOX_TOOLSETS` lists `raw` (e.g. `all,raw`)

See the [tool reference](docs/tools.md) for every tool and argument. Ready-made prompts like cluster_health_check, backup_audit and troubleshoot_guest chain the tools together for common jobs.

Documentation

The docs are also published at [proxmox-mcp.mattoddie.dev/docs](https://proxmox-mcp.mattoddie.dev/docs/), with search.


🚀 Getting started	Step-by-step setup, from API token to first question
🔌 Connecting MCP clients	Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Codex, stdio mode
⚙️ Configuration	Every environment variable, Docker secrets, toolsets
🐳 Deployment	Compose, image tags, upgrades, TLS reverse proxy, hardening
💬 Using proxmox-mcp	Example conversations, prompts, tasks, how changes and secrets work
🧰 Tool reference	Every tool and prompt, generated from the code
🛡️ Security	Threat model, least-privilege tokens, safe write setups
📡 Compatibility	Supported Proxmox VE versions, Ceph, PBS, known gaps
🩹 Troubleshooting	Common errors and how to fix them
🛠️ Development	Architecture, adding a tool, testing

On your phone? Proxly is a free Proxmox VE app for iPhone by the same author: monitor nodes, VMs and containers, start and stop guests, and take snapshots and backups without reaching for a laptop.

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome, whether that's bug reports, compatibility reports from your cluster, docs or new tools. Read the contributing guide to get started, and please follow the code of conduct. To report a vulnerability, see the security policy. Please don't open a public issue for one.

License

*proxmox-mcp is an independent community project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH. Proxmox is a registered trademark of Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.*

Proxmox VE

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Developer toolsi

Common questions

Alternatives

GitHub

Desktop Commander

Cloudflare MCP

README from the maker

proxmox-mcp

Highlights

Quick start

Edit .env: set PROXMOX_URL, PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID (mcp@pve!mcp), PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET,

a random MCP_AUTH_TOKEN (required; e.g. openssl rand -hex 32) and how to check the

Proxmox certificate (required for https): PROXMOX_TLS_FINGERPRINT (recommended; the

SHA-256 fingerprint from Node > System > Certificates), or PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL=false

Turning on changes

What it can do

Documentation

Contributing

License

a random MCP_AUTH_TOKEN (required; e.g. `openssl rand -hex 32`) and how to check the