Portainer MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Portainer, enabling AI assistants to interact with Docker containers and services through Portainer's API.

Features

• Docker container management (create, start, delete, fetch logs)

• Docker image management (fetch, delete unused, clear build cache)

• Docker network operations (inspect, fetch)

• Docker service management (fetch, logs)

• Resource limit management for containers

Project Structure

portainer-ce-mcp/
├── src/
│   ├── api/
│   │   └── portainer.ts      # Portainer API integration
│   ├── constants/
│   │   └── index.ts          # Tool names and other constants
│   ├── types/
│   │   └── index.ts          # TypeScript type definitions
│   └── main.ts               # Main server implementation
├── package.json              # Project dependencies
├── package-lock.json         # Dependency lock file
├── deno.json                 # Deno configuration
└── README.md                 # Project documentation

Prerequisites

• Deno

• Portainer instance with API access

• Docker installed and running

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git https://github.com/BirajMainali/poratiner-ce-mcp-server.git
cd portainer-ce-mcp

Configuration

The server requires the following environment variables:

• PORTAINER_URL: The URL of your Portainer instance

• PORTAINER_API_KEY: Your Portainer API key

• PORTAINER_ENV_ID: Your Poratiner Environment Id

API Tools

The server provides the following tools for AI assistants:

Container Management

• FETCH_DOCKER_CONTAINERS: List all containers

• CREATE_DOCKER_CONTAINER: Create a new container

• START_DOCKER_CONTAINER: Start a container

• DELETE_DOCKER_CONTAINER: Remove a container

• FETCH_CONTAINER_LOGS: Get container logs

• UPDATE_CONTAINER_RESOURCE_LIMITS: Update container resources

• DELETE_STOPPED_CONTAINERS: Clean up stopped containers

Image Management

• FETCH_IMAGES: List all images

• DELETE_IMAGE_BUILD_CACHE: Clear build cache

• DELETE_UNUSED_IMAGES: Remove unused images

Network Operations

• FETCH_NETWORKS: List all networks

• INSPECT_NETWORK: Get network details

Service Management

• FETCH_SERVICES: List all services

• FETCH_SERVICE_LOG: Get service logs

Development

Building

deno compile --allow-env --allow-read --allow-net --env-file=.env  src/main.ts

Inspect MCP Server

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector deno run --allow-env --allow-read --allow-net --env-file=.env  src/main.ts

MCP Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "poratiner": {
      "command": "C:\\MCP\\portainer-ce-mcp\\src.exe", // use executable path
      "args": [
        "y"
      ]
    }
  }
}

License

MIT

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