VMware AVI

Name: VMware AVI
Author: zw008

by zw008version 1.8.8i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.zw008/vmware-avi

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

VMware AVI (NSX ALB) load balancer plus AKO Kubernetes ops — 29 MCP tools.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Developer tools

Install

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

Before you install

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Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

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

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vmware-avi": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vmware-avi"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add vmware-avi -- uvx vmware-avi

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vmware-avi": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vmware-avi"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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": {
    "vmware-avi": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vmware-avi"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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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Compared with others in Developer toolsi

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Common questions

Is VMware AVI 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?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

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 (1.8.8) reached the registry 4 months ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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VMware AVI

For a read-only check of this skill with your model and agent host, use the shared model-fit self-test in the marketplace root.

Author: Wei Zhou, VMware by Broadcom — wei-wz.zhou@broadcom.com

This is a community-driven project by a VMware engineer, not an official VMware product.

For official VMware developer tools see developer.broadcom.com.

English | 中文

AVI (NSX Advanced Load Balancer) management and AKO Kubernetes operations tool — 28 tools across 10 categories.

Dual mode: Traditional AVI Controller management + AKO K8s operations in one skill.

Companion skills handle everything else:

| Skill | Scope | Install |

|-------|-------|---------|

| [vmware-aiops](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-AIops) | VM lifecycle, deployment, guest ops, cluster | uv tool install vmware-aiops |

| [vmware-monitor](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Monitor) | Read-only: inventory, health, alarms, events | uv tool install vmware-monitor |

| [vmware-storage](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Storage) | Datastores, iSCSI, vSAN management | uv tool install vmware-storage |

| [vmware-vks](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-VKS) | Tanzu Namespaces, TKC cluster lifecycle | uv tool install vmware-vks |

| [vmware-nsx](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-NSX) | NSX networking: segments, gateways, NAT | uv tool install vmware-nsx-mgmt |

| [vmware-nsx-security](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-NSX-Security) | DFW firewall rules, security groups | uv tool install vmware-nsx-security |

| [vmware-aria](https://github.com/vmware-skills/VMware-Aria) | Aria Ops: metrics, alerts, capacity | uv tool install vmware-aria |

Upgrading to 2.0

2.0 renames all 28 MCP tools so every name starts with a verb (e.g. ako_amko_status → get_ako_amko_status, ako_clusters → list_ako_clusters, ako_config_diff → diff_ako_config). The full old → new table is in RELEASE_NOTES.md. Nothing else changes: same tools, parameters, safety gates and CLI commands. If an agent prompt, script or ~/.vmware/rules.yaml names a tool, update it — though deny rules written with the old names keep working with vmware-policy ≥ 1.18 (vmware-audit policy lists any rule the renames widened), and vmware-pilot ≥ 1.13 translates old names in saved workflows. If an install older than 2.0 shares that rules.yaml, give it vmware-policy ≥ 1.18.2 too: it matches each rule against both the old and the new name, so one file serves both.

Quick Install

# Via uv (recommended)

uv tool install vmware-avi

Or via pip

pip install vmware-avi

China mainland mirror

pip install vmware-avi -i https://pypi.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/simple

Verify installation

vmware-avi doctor

Offline / Air-Gapped Install (from source)

This project uses the modern PEP 517 build system (hatchling), so there is no `setup.py` by design — that is expected, not a missing file. If you cloned the source and hit ERROR: File "setup.py" or "setup.cfg" not found ... editable mode currently requires a setuptools-based build, your pip is older than 21.3 and cannot do an *editable* (-e) install with a non-setuptools backend. Editable mode is a developer convenience, not needed to run the tool — do one of:

# From the source tree — a normal (non-editable) install builds a wheel:

pip install . # NOT pip install -e .

...or upgrade pip first, and editable works too:

pip install --upgrade pip && pip install -e .

For a truly air-gapped host, build the wheels on a connected machine and copy them over — the target then needs no network:

# On a connected machine, collect this package + its dependencies as wheels:

pip wheel . -w dist # → dist/*.whl (or: uv build, for just this package)

Copy dist/ to the air-gapped host, then install offline:

pip install --no-index --find-links dist vmware-avi

Capabilities Overview

What This Skill Does

Category	Tools	Count
Virtual Service	list, status, enable/disable	3
Pool Member	pool discovery, member list, enable/disable member (drain/restore traffic)	4
SSL Certificate	list, expiry check	2
Analytics	VS metrics overview, request error logs	2
Service Engine	list, health check	2
AKO Pod Ops	status, logs, restart, version info	4
AKO Config	values.yaml view, Helm diff, Helm upgrade	3
Ingress Diagnostics	annotation validation, VS mapping, error diagnosis, fix recommendation	4
Sync Diagnostics	K8s-Controller comparison, inconsistency list, force resync	3
Multi-cluster	cluster list, cross-cluster AKO overview, AMKO status	3

CLI vs MCP: Which Mode to Use

Scenario	Recommended	Why
Local/small models (Ollama, Qwen)	CLI	~2K tokens vs ~8K for MCP
Cloud models (Claude, GPT-4o)	Either	MCP gives structured JSON I/O
Automated pipelines	MCP	Type-safe parameters, structured output
AKO troubleshooting	CLI	Interactive log tailing, Helm diff output

Rule of thumb: Use CLI for cost efficiency and small models. Use MCP for structured automation with large models.

Architecture

User (Natural Language)

| AI CLI Tool (Claude Code / Gemini / Codex / Cursor / Trae) | reads SKILL.md | vmware-avi CLI |--- avisdk (AVI REST API) ---> AVI Controller ---> Virtual Services / Pools / SEs |--- kubectl / kubernetes ---> K8s Cluster ---> AKO Pods / Ingress / Services

Configuration

Step 1: Create Config Directory

mkdir -p ~/.vmware-avi

vmware-avi init # generates config.yaml and .env templates chmod 600 ~/.vmware-avi/.env

Step 2: Edit config.yaml

controllers:

name: prod-avi host: avi-controller.example.com username: admin api_version: "22.1.4" tenant: admin port: 443 verify_ssl: true

default_controller: prod-avi

ako: kubeconfig: ~/.kube/config default_context: "" namespace: avi-system

Step 3: Set Passwords

Create ~/.vmware-avi/.env:

# AVI Controller passwords

Format: {CONTROLLER_NAME_UPPER}_PASSWORD

PROD_AVI_PASSWORD=your-password-here

Password environment variable naming convention:

{CONTROLLER_NAME_UPPER}_PASSWORD

Replace hyphens with underscores, UPPERCASE

Example: controller "prod-avi" -> PROD_AVI_PASSWORD

Example: controller "staging-alb" -> STAGING_ALB_PASSWORD

Step 4: Verify

vmware-avi doctor    # checks Controller connectivity + kubeconfig + avisdk

CLI Usage

Virtual Service Management

# List all virtual services

vmware-avi vs list [--controller prod-avi]

Check status of a specific VS

vmware-avi vs status my-webapp-vs

Enable / disable a VS (disable requires double confirmation)

vmware-avi vs enable my-webapp-vs vmware-avi vs disable my-webapp-vs

Pool Member Drain / Restore

# List pool members and health status

vmware-avi pool members my-pool

Graceful drain (disable) — double confirmation required

vmware-avi pool disable my-pool 10.1.1.5

Restore traffic (enable)

vmware-avi pool enable my-pool 10.1.1.5

SSL Certificate Expiry Check

# List all certificates

vmware-avi ssl list

Check certificates expiring within 30 days

vmware-avi ssl expiry --days 30

Analytics and Error Logs

# VS analytics: throughput, latency, error rates

vmware-avi analytics my-webapp-vs

Request error logs

vmware-avi logs my-webapp-vs --since 1h

Service Engine Health

# Name, mgmt IP, operational status, SE group — status sourced from the

serviceengine-inventory endpoint (config + runtime merged)

vmware-avi se list

Per-SE operational status + connected-VS counts

vmware-avi se health

AKO Troubleshooting

# Check AKO pod status

vmware-avi ako status [--context my-k8s-context]

View AKO logs

vmware-avi ako logs [--tail 100] [--since 30m]

Restart AKO pod (double confirmation)

vmware-avi ako restart

Show AKO version

vmware-avi ako version

AKO Helm Config Management

The AKO Helm release is discovered automatically (official installs use helm install --generate-name, so the release is not named ako). Upgrades pull the official Broadcom OCI chart oci://projects.packages.broadcom.com/ako/helm-charts/ako with --reuse-values.

# View current AKO Helm values (release auto-discovered)

vmware-avi ako config show

Show pending changes (diff against the official OCI chart)

vmware-avi ako config diff

Helm upgrade (double confirmation + --dry-run default)

vmware-avi ako config upgrade

Ingress Diagnostics

# Validate Ingress annotations

vmware-avi ako ingress check

Show Ingress-to-VS mapping

vmware-avi ako ingress map

Diagnose why an Ingress has no VS

vmware-avi ako ingress diagnose

Sync Diagnostics

# Check K8s-Controller sync status

vmware-avi ako sync status

Show inconsistencies between K8s and Controller

vmware-avi ako sync diff

Force AKO resync (double confirmation)

vmware-avi ako sync force

Multi-cluster AKO

# List every kube-context and whether AKO runs there

vmware-avi ako clusters

Cross-cluster AKO status overview

vmware-avi ako cluster-overview

AMKO GSLB status

vmware-avi ako amko status

MCP Server

The MCP server exposes all 28 tools via the Model Context Protocol. Works with any MCP-compatible client.

After `uv tool install vmware-avi`, start the MCP server with one command (v1.5.15+):

# Recommended — single command, no network re-resolve

vmware-avi mcp

With custom config path

VMWARE_AVI_CONFIG=/path/to/config.yaml vmware-avi mcp

Claude Desktop Config

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": { "vmware-avi": { "command": "vmware-avi", "args": ["mcp"], "env": { "VMWARE_AVI_CONFIG": "~/.vmware-avi/config.yaml" } } } }

Alternative: uvx (no install) or legacy entry point

# Run without installing (requires PyPI access each launch)

uvx --from vmware-avi vmware-avi mcp

Legacy entry point (still works, kept for backward compatibility)

vmware-avi-mcp

Behind a corporate TLS proxy? uvx may fail with invalid peer certificate: UnknownIssuer.

Use the recommended vmware-avi mcp form above (no network needed), or set UV_NATIVE_TLS=true.

MCP Tools (28)

Category	Tools
Virtual Service (3)	`list_virtual_services`, `get_virtual_service_status`, `set_virtual_service_enabled`
Pool Member (4)	`list_lb_pools`, `list_lb_pool_members`, `enable_lb_pool_member`, `disable_lb_pool_member`
SSL Certificate (2)	`list_ssl_certs`, `check_ssl_cert_expiry`
Analytics (2)	`get_virtual_service_analytics`, `get_virtual_service_error_logs`
Service Engine (2)	`list_service_engines`, `get_service_engine_health`
AKO Pod (4)	`get_ako_status`, `get_ako_logs`, `restart_ako`, `get_ako_version`

| AKO Config (3) | get_ako_config, diff_ako_config, `upgr

Only the beginning is shown; read the rest in the repo

VMware AVI

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

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

VMware AVI

Upgrading to 2.0

Quick Install

Or via pip

China mainland mirror

Verify installation

Offline / Air-Gapped Install (from source)

...or upgrade pip first, and editable works too:

Copy dist/ to the air-gapped host, then install offline:

Capabilities Overview

What This Skill Does

CLI vs MCP: Which Mode to Use

Architecture

Configuration

Step 1: Create Config Directory

Step 2: Edit config.yaml

Step 3: Set Passwords

Format: {CONTROLLER_NAME_UPPER}_PASSWORD

Replace hyphens with underscores, UPPERCASE

Example: controller "prod-avi" -> PROD_AVI_PASSWORD

Example: controller "staging-alb" -> STAGING_ALB_PASSWORD

Step 4: Verify

CLI Usage

Virtual Service Management

Check status of a specific VS

Enable / disable a VS (disable requires double confirmation)

Pool Member Drain / Restore

Graceful drain (disable) — double confirmation required

Restore traffic (enable)

SSL Certificate Expiry Check

Check certificates expiring within 30 days

Analytics and Error Logs

Request error logs

Service Engine Health

serviceengine-inventory endpoint (config + runtime merged)

Per-SE operational status + connected-VS counts

AKO Troubleshooting

View AKO logs

Restart AKO pod (double confirmation)

Show AKO version

AKO Helm Config Management

Show pending changes (diff against the official OCI chart)

Helm upgrade (double confirmation + --dry-run default)

Ingress Diagnostics

Show Ingress-to-VS mapping

Diagnose why an Ingress has no VS

Sync Diagnostics

Show inconsistencies between K8s and Controller

Force AKO resync (double confirmation)

Multi-cluster AKO

Cross-cluster AKO status overview

AMKO GSLB status

MCP Server

With custom config path

Claude Desktop Config

Legacy entry point (still works, kept for backward compatibility)

MCP Tools (28)