Woow Podman MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| JWT_SECRET | No | Secret used for JWT signing and session validation. If not set, a random one is generated per process. | |
| PODMAN_URI | No | The URI for the Podman socket (e.g., unix:///run/podman/podman.sock or tcp://host:2376). | unix:///run/podman/podman.sock |
| ADMIN_PASSWORD | No | Password for the admin console. If not set, a random password is generated and logged on first boot. | |
| MCP_ADMIN_CONFIG | No | Path to the configuration file where settings such as the connection and profile are stored. | /data/config.json |
| PODMAN_API_VERSION | No | The libpod API version to target. Must not be newer than the daemon's version. | v5.0.0 |
| PODMAN_MCP_PROFILE | No | The safety profile: readonly, safe, or full. Controls which MCP tools are exposed. | safe |
| PODMAN_MCP_MAX_CHARS | No | Maximum number of characters per tool response. Tools truncate by row and report dropped rows. | 20000 |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| podman_infoA | Podman host 概況:版本、OS、runtime、rootless、資源用量。 |
| podman_psA | 列出 containers。預設只列 running,all=true 含已停止。 |
| podman_container_inspectA | Inspect 單一 container 的完整設定/狀態。輸出很大,只查你要的那一個。 |
| podman_container_logsA | 取 container logs。預設只取最後 200 行;stderr 行會以 'E| ' 前綴標示。 |
| podman_container_statsB | container 即時資源用量(單次快照,不 streaming)。 |
| podman_container_topA | 列出 container 內的 process (podman top)。 |
| podman_container_healthcheckB | 執行並回報 container 的 healthcheck 結果。 |
| podman_imagesB | 列出本機 images。 |
| podman_podsB | 列出 pods 與其中的 containers。 |
| podman_volumesA | 列出 volumes。 |
| podman_networksC | 列出 networks。 |
| podman_system_dfB | 磁碟用量統計 (podman system df)。 |
| podman_eventsA | 讀取 podman 事件流(有界,不會卡住)。查故障時間線很好用。 |
| podman_container_startC | 啟動 container。 |
| podman_container_stopA | 停止 container(預設 10 秒後 SIGKILL)。 |
| podman_container_restartC | 重啟 container。 |
| podman_container_execA | 在既有 container 內執行指令,回傳 stdout/stderr 與 exit code。 stderr 行會以 'E| ' 前綴標示(tty=true 時為 raw、無前綴)。 |
| podman_image_pullA | 從 registry 拉 image。會等到拉完,大 image 請留意 timeout。 |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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