rancher-mcp
Exposes MCP tools for interacting with a Rancher instance, including forwarding authorization and managing Rancher resources.
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That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
rancher-mcp
A TypeScript MCP server that ports the Rancher-side MCP tools from rancher-devops-operator into a standalone package.
What it does
exposes the Rancher-only MCP tool catalog
forwards the incoming
Authorizationheader to Rancherfalls back to configured Rancher credentials when no header is present
supports HTTP and stdio transports
includes Vitest coverage
ships VitePress docs for GitHub Pages
Related MCP server: MCP Manager
Quick start
npm install
npm test
npm run build
npm run devEnvironment
Variable | Purpose |
| Base Rancher URL |
| Fallback bearer token |
| Fallback basic-auth username |
| Fallback basic-auth password |
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| HTTP route for MCP traffic |
| HTTP listen port |
Development commands
Command | Description |
| Start the server |
| Run Vitest |
| Compile TypeScript |
| Start the docs site |
| Build the docs site |
Docs
The site is under docs/ and is configured for GitHub Pages with the repo slug base path.
Upstream reference
This repo mirrors the MCP portion of:
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Maintenance
Resources
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