Proxmox MCP Server

A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for managing Proxmox VE environments via the Proxmox API.

Features

• Connects to any Proxmox host dynamically via environment variable

• Disables SSL verification warnings for self-signed certificates (ideal for home labs)

• Provides tools to:

  • List physical nodes

  • List virtual machines (QEMU) and containers (LXC)

  • Manage guest power states (start, stop, shutdown, status)

  • Clone VMs from templates with full Cloud-Init injection (IP, User, Password, SSH keys)

Related MCP server: ProxmoxMCP-Plus

Setup & Authentication

The server requires a Proxmox API Token. Create a token in the Proxmox GUI (Datacenter > Permissions > API Tokens) for a user with appropriate permissions (e.g., root@pam).

Set the following environment variables before running:

• PROXMOX_HOST: The IP address or hostname of your Proxmox server (e.g., 192.168.1.100)

• PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID: The full token ID (e.g., root@pam!mytoken)

• PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET: The UUID secret of the token

Usage (via uvx)

You can run this server dynamically using uvx without installing it permanently:

PROXMOX_HOST="192.168.1.100" \
PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID="root@pam!mytoken" \
PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET="your-uuid-secret" \
uvx --from git+https://github.com/edasan0568/proxmox-mcp-server proxmox-mcp-server

MCP Configuration Example (MCPHub)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "proxmox": {
      "command": "/root/.local/bin/uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/edasan0568/proxmox-mcp-server",
        "proxmox-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PROXMOX_HOST": "192.168.1.100",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_ID": "root@pam!mytoken",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_SECRET": "your-uuid-secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools Available

1. list_nodes: List all physical nodes in the cluster.

2. list_guests: List all VMs and Containers on a specific node.

3. manage_guest: Start, stop, shutdown, or check status of a specific VM/CT.

4. clone_vm: Clone a QEMU VM from a template and apply Cloud-Init configurations.

5. create_lxc: Create an LXC Container directly from an OS template tarball and apply configurations.