The Alibaba Cloud MCP Server provides an interface to manage and operate resources across various Alibaba Cloud services via API integration:
ECS Management: Start, stop, reboot, create, delete instances; reset passwords; replace system disks; run commands; view instance details
Cloud Monitoring: Retrieve metrics such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk usage, and disk capacity
Resource Management: View regions, zones, available resources, instance types, images, and quotas
Network Management: View and manage VPCs, VSwitches, and security groups
Storage Services: List, create, and delete OSS buckets; manage objects within buckets
Database Services: List, start, stop, and restart RDS instances
Used for installation of the uv package manager, providing a way to set up the MCP server environment
Referenced for the uv package manager repository, which is a prerequisite tool for the MCP server
Supported as an operating system platform for running the MCP server
Supported as an operating system platform for running the MCP server
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Alibaba Cloud MCP Serverlist all my ECS instances in the US West region"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Alibaba Cloud Ops MCP Server
Alibaba Cloud Ops MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with Alibaba Cloud APIs, enabling AI assistants to operate resources on Alibaba Cloud, supporting ECS, Cloud Monitor, OOS, OSS, VPC, RDS and other widely used cloud products. It also enables AI assistants to analyze, build, and deploy applications to Alibaba Cloud ECS instances.
MCP Maketplace Integration
Related MCP server: MNS MCP Manager
Features
ECS Management: Create, start, stop, reboot, delete instances, run commands, view instances, regions, zones, images, security groups, and more
VPC Management: View VPCs and VSwitches
RDS Management: List, start, stop, and restart RDS instances
OSS Management: List, create, delete buckets, and view objects
Cloud Monitor: Get CPU usage, load average, memory usage, and disk usage metrics for ECS instances
Application Deployment: Deploy applications to ECS instances with automatic application and application group management
Project Analysis: Automatically identify project technology stack and deployment methods (npm, Python, Java, Go, Docker, etc.)
Local File Operations: List directories, run shell scripts, and analyze project structures
Dynamic API Tools: Support for Alibaba Cloud OpenAPI operations
Prepare
Install uv
Configuration
Use VS Code + Cline to config MCP Server.
To use alibaba-cloud-ops-mcp-server MCP Server with any other MCP Client, you can manually add this configuration and restart for changes to take effect:
For detailed parameter description, see MCP startup parameter document
Know More
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Tools
Product | Tool | Function | Implementation | Status |
ECS | RunCommand | Run Command | OOS | Done |
StartInstances | Start Instances | OOS | Done | |
StopInstances | Stop Instances | OOS | Done | |
RebootInstances | Reboot Instances | OOS | Done | |
DescribeInstances | View Instances | API | Done | |
DescribeRegions | View Regions | API | Done | |
DescribeZones | View Zones | API | Done | |
DescribeAvailableResource | View Resource Inventory | API | Done | |
DescribeImages | View Images | API | Done | |
DescribeSecurityGroups | View Security Groups | API | Done | |
RunInstances | Create Instances | OOS | Done | |
DeleteInstances | Delete Instances | API | Done | |
ResetPassword | Modify Password | OOS | Done | |
ReplaceSystemDisk | Replace Operating System | OOS | Done | |
VPC | DescribeVpcs | View VPCs | API | Done |
DescribeVSwitches | View VSwitches | API | Done | |
RDS | DescribeDBInstances | List RDS Instances | API | Done |
StartDBInstances | Start the RDS instance | OOS | Done | |
StopDBInstances | Stop the RDS instance | OOS | Done | |
RestartDBInstances | Restart the RDS instance | OOS | Done | |
OSS | ListBuckets | List Bucket | API | Done |
PutBucket | Create Bucket | API | Done | |
DeleteBucket | Delete Bucket | API | Done | |
ListObjects | View object information in the bucket | API | Done | |
CloudMonitor | GetCpuUsageData | Get CPU Usage Data for ECS Instances | API | Done |
GetCpuLoadavgData | Get CPU One-Minute Average Load Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetCpuloadavg5mData | Get CPU Five-Minute Average Load Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetCpuloadavg15mData | Get CPU Fifteen-Minute Average Load Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetMemUsedData | Get Memory Usage Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetMemUsageData | Get Memory Utilization Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetDiskUsageData | Get Disk Utilization Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetDiskTotalData | Get Total Disk Partition Capacity Metric Data | API | Done | |
GetDiskUsedData | Get Disk Partition Usage Metric Data | API | Done | |
Application Management | OOS_CodeDeploy | Deploy applications to ECS instances with automatic artifact upload to OSS | OOS | Done |
OOS_GetDeployStatus | Query deployment status of application groups | API | Done | |
OOS_GetLastDeploymentInfo | Retrieve information about the last deployment | API | Done | |
Local | LOCAL_ListDirectory | List files and subdirectories in a directory | Local | Done |
LOCAL_RunShellScript | Execute shell scripts or commands | Local | Done | |
LOCAL_AnalyzeDeployStack | Identify project deployment methods and technology stack | Local | Done |
Deployment Workflow
The typical deployment workflow includes:
Project Analysis: Use
LOCAL_AnalyzeDeployStackto identify the project's technology stack and deployment methodBuild Artifacts: Build or package the application locally (e.g., create tar.gz or zip files)
Deploy Application: Use
OOS_CodeDeployto deploy the application to ECS instancesAutomatically creates application and application group if they don't exist
Uploads artifacts to OSS
Deploys to specified ECS instances
Monitor Deployment: Use
OOS_GetDeployStatusto check deployment status
Contact us
If you have any questions, please join the Alibaba Cloud Ops MCP discussion group (DingTalk group: 113455011677) for discussion.