ssh-mcp-server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSH_HOST | No | SSH server host address | |
| SSH_PORT | No | SSH server port (default: 22) | 22 |
| SSH_TIMEOUT | No | Default command timeout in milliseconds (default: 30000) | 30000 |
| SSH_PASSWORD | No | SSH password | |
| SSH_USERNAME | No | SSH username | |
| SSH_BLACKLIST | No | Command blacklist, comma-separated regular expressions | |
| SSH_WHITELIST | No | Command whitelist, comma-separated regular expressions | |
| SSH_PASSPHRASE | No | Private key passphrase | |
| SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | No | SSH private key file path | |
| SSH_SOCKS_PROXY | No | SOCKS proxy server address (e.g., socks://user:password@host:port) |
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": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| execute-commandC | Execute command on connected server and get output result |
| execute-batchC | Execute multiple commands in sequence on connected server |
| uploadC | Upload file to connected server |
| downloadC | Download file from connected server |
| read-fileC | Read contents of a file from the remote server |
| write-fileC | Write content to a file on the remote server |
| list-serversB | List all available SSH server configurations |
| test-connectionC | Test SSH connection and return server information |
| get-statusB | Get comprehensive system status information from the remote server (OS, CPU, memory, disk, processes, services) |
| check-portC | Check if a port is open/listening on the remote server or test connectivity to external hosts |
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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