ESXi MCP Server

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A VMware ESXi/vCenter management server based on the Model Control Protocol (MCP), providing REST API interfaces for virtual machine lifecycle management and performance monitoring.

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Author: MCP-Mirror
Downloads: 416
Categories: Other

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below

Plugin Name ESXi MCP Server

Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Install dependencies with pip install pyvmomi pyyaml uvicorn mcp-core, create a config.yaml with vCenter/ESXi credentials and optional settings, then run python server.py -c config.yaml.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "esxi mcp server": {
            "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
                "command": "python",
                "args": [
                    "server.py",
                    "-c",
                    "config.yaml"
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "bright8192_esxi-mcp-server": {
        "command": "python",
        "args": [
            "server.py",
            "-c",
            "config.yaml"
        ]
    }
}

ESXi MCP Server

A VMware ESXi/vCenter management server based on MCP (Model Control Protocol), providing simple REST API interfaces for virtual machine management.

Features

- Support for ESXi and vCenter Server connections
- Real-time communication based on SSE (Server-Sent Events)
- RESTful API interface with JSON-RPC support
- API key authentication
- Complete virtual machine lifecycle management
- Real-time performance monitoring
- SSL/TLS secure connection support
- Flexible configuration options (YAML/JSON/Environment Variables)

Core Functions

- Virtual Machine Management
- Create VM
- Clone VM
- Delete VM
- Power On/Off operations
- List all VMs
- Performance Monitoring
- CPU usage
- Memory usage
- Storage usage
- Network traffic statistics

Requirements

- Python 3.7+
- pyVmomi
- PyYAML
- uvicorn
- mcp-core (Machine Control Protocol core library)

Quick Start

1. Install dependencies:

pip install pyvmomi pyyaml uvicorn mcp-core

2. Create configuration file config.yaml:

vcenter_host: "your-vcenter-ip"
vcenter_user: "administrator@vsphere.local"
vcenter_password: "your-password"
datacenter: "your-datacenter"        # Optional
cluster: "your-cluster"              # Optional
datastore: "your-datastore"          # Optional
network: "VM Network"                # Optional
insecure: true                       # Skip SSL certificate verification
api_key: "your-api-key"             # API access key
log_file: "./logs/vmware_mcp.log"   # Log file path
log_level: "INFO"                    # Log level

3. Run the server:

python server.py -c config.yaml

API Interface

Authentication

All privileged operations require authentication first:

POST /sse/messages
Authorization: Bearer your-api-key

Main Tool Interfaces

1. Create VM

{

    "name": "vm-name",

    "cpu": 2,

    "memory": 4096,

    "datastore": "datastore-name",

    "network": "network-name"

}

2. Clone VM

{

    "template_name": "source-vm",

    "new_name": "new-vm-name"

}

3. Delete VM

{

    "name": "vm-name"

}

4. Power Operations

{

    "name": "vm-name"

}

Resource Monitoring Interface

Get VM performance data:

GET vmstats://{vm_name}

Configuration

| Parameter | Description | Required | Default |
|-----------|-------------|----------|---------|
| vcenter_host | vCenter/ESXi server address | Yes | - |
| vcenter_user | Login username | Yes | - |
| vcenter_password | Login password | Yes | - |
| datacenter | Datacenter name | No | Auto-select first |
| cluster | Cluster name | No | Auto-select first |
| datastore | Storage name | No | Auto-select largest available |
| network | Network name | No | VM Network |
| insecure | Skip SSL verification | No | false |
| api_key | API access key | No | - |
| log_file | Log file path | No | Console output |
| log_level | Log level | No | INFO |

Environment Variables

All configuration items support environment variable settings, following these naming rules:
- VCENTER_HOST
- VCENTER_USER
- VCENTER_PASSWORD
- VCENTER_DATACENTER
- VCENTER_CLUSTER
- VCENTER_DATASTORE
- VCENTER_NETWORK
- VCENTER_INSECURE
- MCP_API_KEY
- MCP_LOG_FILE
- MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Security Recommendations

1. Production Environment:
- Use valid SSL certificates
- Enable API key authentication
- Set appropriate log levels
- Restrict API access scope

2. Testing Environment:
- Set insecure: true to skip SSL verification
- Use more detailed log level (DEBUG)

License

MIT License

Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome!

Changelog

v0.0.1

- Initial release - Basic VM management functionality - SSE communication support - API key authentication - Performance monitoring

Author

Bright8192

Acknowledgments

- VMware pyvmomi team
- MCP Protocol development team

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From the repository

Claude Desktop / Cursor

McpServers

ESXi MCP Server

Features

Core Functions

Requirements

Quick Start

API Interface

Authentication

Main Tool Interfaces

Resource Monitoring Interface

Configuration

Environment Variables

Security Recommendations

License

Contributing

Changelog

v0.0.1

Author

Acknowledgments

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