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Railway OpenWebUI MCP Server

🚂 Railway OpenWebUI MCP Tool

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool for deploying, managing, and monitoring OpenWebUI instances on the Railway platform.

Railway OpenWebUI Python MCP

📋 Table of Contents

Related MCP server: Railway MCP Server

🌟 Overview

This MCP tool provides a seamless interface for deploying and managing OpenWebUI on Railway's cloud platform. It enables AI assistants and automation systems to:

  • Deploy new OpenWebUI instances with a single command

  • Manage existing deployments (scale, restart, update)

  • Monitor resource usage and logs

  • Configure environment variables and domains

  • Handle database provisioning (PostgreSQL/Redis)

What is OpenWebUI?

OpenWebUI is a self-hosted web interface for running and interacting with Large Language Models (LLMs). It supports multiple backends including Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs.

What is Railway?

Railway is a modern cloud platform that makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale applications. It offers automatic SSL, custom domains, and seamless database provisioning.

What is MCP?

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard for connecting AI assistants to external tools and data sources. This tool implements MCP to allow AI assistants like Claude to deploy and manage OpenWebUI instances.

✨ Features

Core Deployment

  • 🚀 One-Click Deploy: Deploy OpenWebUI with sensible defaults

  • 🔧 Custom Configuration: Full control over environment variables

  • 🗄️ Database Integration: Automatic PostgreSQL/Redis provisioning

  • 🌐 Custom Domains: Easy domain configuration and SSL

  • 📦 Volume Persistence: Persistent storage for data

Management

  • 📊 Resource Monitoring: CPU, memory, and bandwidth metrics

  • 📝 Log Streaming: Real-time deployment logs

  • 🔄 Rolling Updates: Zero-downtime deployments

  • Auto-Scaling: Configure scaling policies

  • 🔁 Version Management: Easy version updates

Integration

  • 🤖 MCP Compatible: Works with Claude and other MCP clients

  • 🔗 Webhook Support: Integration with CI/CD pipelines

  • 🔐 Secure: API key management and secrets handling

  • 🐳 Docker Ready: Full containerization support

📦 Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10+

  • Railway Account with API Token

  • MCP-compatible client (e.g., Claude Desktop, or use as library)

🛠️ Installation

pip install railway-openwebui-mcp

Option 2: From source

git clone https://github.com/chad-atexpedient/Railway-OpenwebUI-Tool.git
cd Railway-OpenwebUI-Tool
pip install -e .

Option 3: Docker

docker build -t railway-openwebui-mcp .
docker run -e RAILWAY_API_TOKEN=your_token railway-openwebui-mcp

Option 4: Using uvx (no installation)

uvx railway-openwebui-mcp

⚙️ Configuration

1. Get Railway API Token

  1. Go to Railway Dashboard

  2. Click "Create Token"

  3. Give it a descriptive name (e.g., "MCP Tool")

  4. Copy the generated token

2. Environment Variables

Create a .env file in your project directory:

# Required
RAILWAY_API_TOKEN=your_railway_api_token

# Optional
DEFAULT_REGION=us-west1
LOG_LEVEL=INFO
MCP_SERVER_PORT=8080

3. MCP Client Configuration

For Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "railway-openwebui": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "railway_openwebui_mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAILWAY_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "railway-openwebui": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["railway-openwebui-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "RAILWAY_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

🚀 Usage

Quick Start (Python Library)

from railway_openwebui_mcp import RailwayOpenWebUI

# Initialize the client
client = RailwayOpenWebUI(api_token="your_token")

# Deploy OpenWebUI
deployment = client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="my-openwebui",
    region="us-west1",
    enable_signup=True,
    database_type="postgresql",
    redis_enabled=True
)

print(f"🚀 Deployed at: {deployment.url}")
print(f"📋 Project ID: {deployment.project_id}")
print(f"🔧 Service ID: {deployment.service_id}")

MCP Tool Commands (Natural Language)

Once configured with an MCP client, you can use natural language:

Command

Description

"Deploy a new OpenWebUI instance called 'my-ai-chat'"

Creates new deployment

"Show me the status of my OpenWebUI deployment"

Gets deployment status

"Show me the logs for my OpenWebUI"

Retrieves recent logs

"Scale my OpenWebUI to 2 replicas"

Adjusts scaling

"Add custom domain chat.example.com to my deployment"

Configures domain

"Update my OpenWebUI to the latest version"

Triggers update

"What's the resource usage of my OpenWebUI?"

Gets metrics

"List all my Railway projects"

Lists projects

"Delete my OpenWebUI deployment"

Removes deployment

Advanced Usage

Deploy with OAuth

deployment = client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="secure-openwebui",
    enable_signup=False,
    enable_oauth=True,
    oauth_providers=[
        {
            "provider": "google",
            "client_id": "your-google-client-id",
            "client_secret": "your-google-client-secret"
        },
        {
            "provider": "github",
            "client_id": "your-github-client-id",
            "client_secret": "your-github-client-secret"
        }
    ]
)

Deploy with Custom Environment

deployment = client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="custom-openwebui",
    custom_env={
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "https://your-ollama-instance.com",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-your-openai-key",
        "WEBUI_NAME": "My Custom AI Chat",
        "DEFAULT_MODELS": "gpt-4,gpt-3.5-turbo",
        "ENABLE_RAG_WEB_SEARCH": "true"
    }
)

Monitor and Manage

# Get status
status = client.get_deployment_status(project_id="your-project-id")
print(f"Status: {status.status}")
print(f"Health: {status.health}")
print(f"Uptime: {status.uptime}")

# Get logs
logs = client.get_logs(
    project_id="your-project-id",
    service_id="your-service-id",
    lines=50
)
for log in logs:
    print(log)

# Scale deployment
result = client.scale_deployment(
    project_id="your-project-id",
    service_id="your-service-id",
    replicas=2,
    memory_limit_mb=1024
)

# Update deployment
client.update_deployment(
    project_id="your-project-id",
    service_id="your-service-id",
    new_version="latest",
    env_updates={"WEBUI_NAME": "Updated Name"}
)

📚 API Reference

Core Functions

deploy_openwebui()

Deploy a new OpenWebUI instance.

def deploy_openwebui(
    project_name: str,
    region: str = "us-west1",
    environment: str = "production",
    openwebui_version: str = "latest",
    enable_signup: bool = True,
    enable_oauth: bool = False,
    oauth_providers: list = None,
    database_type: str = "postgresql",
    redis_enabled: bool = True,
    custom_env: dict = None,
    volume_size_gb: int = 10
) -> Deployment

Parameters:

Parameter

Type

Default

Description

project_name

str

required

Name for the Railway project

region

str

"us-west1"

Deployment region (us-west1, us-east4, europe-west4)

environment

str

"production"

Environment name

openwebui_version

str

"main"

OpenWebUI Docker tag

enable_signup

bool

True

Allow new user registration

enable_oauth

bool

False

Enable OAuth authentication

oauth_providers

list

None

List of OAuth provider configs

database_type

str

"postgresql"

Database type (postgresql, sqlite)

redis_enabled

bool

True

Enable Redis for caching

custom_env

dict

None

Additional environment variables

volume_size_gb

int

10

Persistent volume size

Returns: Deployment object


get_deployment_status()

Get the current status of a deployment.

def get_deployment_status(
    project_id: str,
    service_id: str = None
) -> DeploymentStatus

update_deployment()

Update an existing deployment.

def update_deployment(
    project_id: str,
    service_id: str,
    env_updates: dict = None,
    new_version: str = None,
    restart: bool = False
) -> Deployment

scale_deployment()

Scale deployment resources.

def scale_deployment(
    project_id: str,
    service_id: str,
    replicas: int = None,
    cpu_limit: float = None,
    memory_limit_mb: int = None
) -> ScaleResult

get_logs()

Retrieve deployment logs.

def get_logs(
    project_id: str,
    service_id: str,
    lines: int = 100,
    follow: bool = False,
    since: datetime = None
) -> List[str]

configure_domain()

Add or configure a custom domain.

def configure_domain(
    project_id: str,
    service_id: str,
    domain: str,
    enable_ssl: bool = True
) -> DomainConfig

delete_deployment()

Delete a deployment (requires confirmation).

def delete_deployment(
    project_id: str,
    confirm: bool = False
) -> bool

get_metrics()

Get resource usage metrics.

def get_metrics(
    project_id: str,
    service_id: str
) -> ResourceMetrics

list_projects()

List all Railway projects.

def list_projects() -> List[Dict[str, Any]]

🔧 MCP Tools Reference

The following tools are available when using this package as an MCP server:

Tool Name

Description

Required Parameters

deploy_openwebui

Deploy a new OpenWebUI instance

project_name

get_deployment_status

Get deployment status

project_id

update_deployment

Update existing deployment

project_id, service_id

scale_deployment

Scale resources

project_id, service_id

get_logs

Retrieve logs

project_id, service_id

configure_domain

Add custom domain

project_id, service_id, domain

delete_deployment

Delete deployment

project_id, confirm

list_projects

List all projects

None

get_metrics

Get resource metrics

project_id, service_id

Data Classes

@dataclass
class Deployment:
    id: str
    project_id: str
    service_id: str
    url: str
    status: str
    created_at: datetime
    region: str
    environment: str

@dataclass
class DeploymentStatus:
    status: str  # "running", "deploying", "failed", "stopped"
    health: str  # "healthy", "unhealthy", "unknown"
    uptime: timedelta
    last_deployed: datetime
    current_version: str

@dataclass
class ResourceMetrics:
    cpu_usage_percent: float
    memory_usage_mb: int
    memory_limit_mb: int
    bandwidth_in_mb: float
    bandwidth_out_mb: float
    request_count: int

@dataclass
class DomainConfig:
    domain: str
    ssl_enabled: bool
    dns_configured: bool
    dns_records: List[Dict[str, str]]

@dataclass
class ScaleResult:
    success: bool
    replicas: int
    cpu_limit: float
    memory_limit_mb: int

📋 Deployment Templates

Basic OpenWebUI (SQLite)

client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="simple-openwebui",
    database_type="sqlite",
    redis_enabled=False
)

Production Setup (PostgreSQL + Redis)

client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="production-openwebui",
    database_type="postgresql",
    redis_enabled=True,
    enable_signup=False,
    custom_env={
        "WEBUI_AUTH": "true",
        "ENABLE_COMMUNITY_SHARING": "false"
    }
)

OpenWebUI with Ollama Connection

client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="ollama-openwebui",
    custom_env={
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "https://your-ollama.railway.app",
        "ENABLE_OLLAMA_API": "true"
    }
)

OpenWebUI with OpenAI

client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="openai-webui",
    custom_env={
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-your-api-key",
        "OPENAI_API_BASE_URL": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
        "DEFAULT_MODELS": "gpt-4,gpt-3.5-turbo"
    }
)

Multi-Provider Setup

client.deploy_openwebui(
    project_name="multi-provider-webui",
    custom_env={
        "OLLAMA_BASE_URL": "https://ollama.example.com",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-your-key",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-your-key",
        "ENABLE_RAG_WEB_SEARCH": "true",
        "RAG_WEB_SEARCH_ENGINE": "duckduckgo"
    }
)

🐛 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Authentication Error

AuthenticationError: Invalid Railway API token

Solution: Verify your Railway API token is correct and has not expired. Generate a new token at Railway Dashboard.

Deployment Failed

DeploymentError: Deployment failed to start

Solutions:

  1. Check logs: client.get_logs(project_id, service_id)

  2. Verify environment variables

  3. Ensure you have sufficient Railway credits

Rate Limit Exceeded

RateLimitError: API rate limit exceeded

Solution: Wait for the rate limit window to reset (usually 1 minute).

Debug Mode

Enable debug logging:

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)

client = RailwayOpenWebUI(api_token="your_token", debug=True)

Getting Help

  1. Check the Railway Documentation

  2. Check the OpenWebUI Documentation

  3. Open an issue on this repository

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/chad-atexpedient/Railway-OpenwebUI-Tool.git
cd Railway-OpenwebUI-Tool

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # or `venv\Scripts\activate` on Windows

# Install development dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run linting
ruff check .
black --check .

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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