CloudStack MCP Server

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/handlers/virtual-machine-handlers.ts:70-81 (handler)

  The main handler function that executes the start_virtual_machine tool logic. It calls the CloudStack client to start the VM and returns a formatted response with the job ID.

  async handleStartVirtualMachine(args: any) {
    const result = await this.cloudStackClient.startVirtualMachine({ id: args.id });
    
    return {
      content: [
        {
          type: 'text',
          text: `Started virtual machine ${args.id}. Job ID: ${result.startvirtualmachineresponse?.jobid}`
        }
      ]
    };
  }

• src/tool-definitions/virtual-machine-tools.ts:39-53 (schema)

  The tool definition including name, description, and input schema that requires a 'id' parameter.

  {
    name: 'start_virtual_machine',
    description: 'Start a virtual machine',
    inputSchema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        id: {
          type: 'string',
          description: 'VM ID to start',
        },
      },
      required: ['id'],
      additionalProperties: false,
    },
  },

• src/server.ts:112-113 (registration)

  Tool registration in the MCP server's CallToolRequest handler switch statement, which dispatches to the VirtualMachineHandlers.handleStartVirtualMachine method.

  case 'start_virtual_machine':
    return await this.vmHandlers.handleStartVirtualMachine(args);

• src/cloudstack-client.ts:100-102 (helper)

  Helper method in CloudStackClient that performs the actual API request to CloudStack's startVirtualMachine endpoint.

  async startVirtualMachine(params: CloudStackParams): Promise<CloudStackResponse> {
    return this.request('startVirtualMachine', params);
  }