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MCP SSH Server

by shaike1
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Integrations

  • Supports Git operations through the underlying SSH protocol, allowing for secure repository access and management via standard SSH authentication.

MCP SSH Server

A powerful SSH server implementation for Model Context Protocol (MCP). This server enables secure remote command execution and file operations through SSH protocol, supporting both password and key-based authentication.

Features

  • ✨ Secure SSH connection management
  • 🔑 Password and key-based authentication
  • 💻 Remote command execution
  • 📁 File operations (upload/download)
  • 📊 Progress tracking for file transfers
  • 🔐 Permission management
  • 📂 Directory operations
  • 🚀 Bulk file transfers
  • 📝 Detailed logging

Installation

  1. Install the package:
npm install mcp-ssh
  1. Add to your Claude desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):
{ "mcpServers": { "ssh": { "command": "node", "args": ["%APPDATA%/npm/node_modules/mcp-ssh/dist/server.js"], "env": { "SSH_PORT": "8889", "SSH_LOG_LEVEL": "info" } } } }

Usage

Password Authentication

$body = @{ id = "test" host = "example.com" port = 22 username = "user" password = "pass123" } | ConvertTo-Json Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/connect" -Method Post -Body $body -ContentType "application/json"

Key Authentication

$body = @{ id = "test" host = "example.com" port = 22 username = "user" privateKey = Get-Content ~/.ssh/id_rsa | Out-String passphrase = "optional-key-passphrase" # if your key is protected } | ConvertTo-Json Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/connect" -Method Post -Body $body -ContentType "application/json"

Execute Commands

$execBody = @{ id = "test" command = "ls -la" } | ConvertTo-Json Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/exec" -Method Post -Body $execBody -ContentType "application/json"

File Operations

# Upload file $uploadForm = @{ file = Get-Item -Path "localfile.txt" remotePath = "/remote/path/file.txt" } Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/upload/test" -Method Post -Form $uploadForm # Download file Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/download/test?remotePath=/remote/path/file.txt" -Method Get -OutFile "downloaded.txt"

Directory Operations

# List directory Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/ls/test?path=/remote/path" -Method Get # Get connection status Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "http://localhost:8889/status/test" -Method Get

Development

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/shaike1/mcp-server-ssh.git cd mcp-server-ssh
  1. Install dependencies:
npm install
  1. Build:
npm run build
  1. Start server:
npm start

Environment Variables

  • SSH_PORT: Server port (default: 8889)
  • SSH_LOG_LEVEL: Logging level (default: info)

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT

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remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

A secure SSH server implementation for Model Context Protocol that enables remote command execution and file operations, supporting both password and key-based authentication.

  1. Features
    1. Installation
      1. Usage
        1. Password Authentication
        2. Key Authentication
        3. Execute Commands
        4. File Operations
        5. Directory Operations
      2. Development
        1. Environment Variables
          1. Contributing
            1. License

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