mcp-server-ntopng

by marcoeg

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mcp-server-ntopng is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for NTOPNG that enables AI agents to query network monitoring data using the NTOPNG database. It assumes ntopng uses ClickHouse to store historical flows and alerts.

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- 20 tools for querying ntopng network monitoring data
- Retrieve interface IDs, host locations, and top talkers
- Fetch alert statistics for flows, hosts, interfaces, MACs, networks, SNMP devices, and users
- Query detailed flows data and top‑k flows
- List database tables and run arbitrary ClickHouse queries
- Works with Claude Desktop and other MCP‑compliant hosts

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:

  1. Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
  2. Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
  3. Configure the plugin with the settings below
    Plugin Name mcp-server-ntopng
    Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

    Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.

  4. Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

From the repository

Configure the server by adding an entry to your Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) with the path to the uv binary and required environment variables (NTOPNG_HOST, NTOPNG_DBUSER, NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD, NTOPNG_API_KEY, etc.). After restarting Claude Desktop, the server’s tools become available for querying network data.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

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

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-server-ntopng": {
            "mcp-ntopng": {
                "command": "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/.venv/bin/python",
                "args": [
                    "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/run_mcp_ntopng.py"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "NTOPNG_HOST": "marcoeg-nod004.ntoplink.com",
                    "NTOPNG_DBPORT": "9000",
                    "NTOPNG_DBUSER": "default",
                    "NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD": "",
                    "NTOPNG_SECURE": "false",
                    "NTOPNG_VERIFY": "false",
                    "NTOPNG_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": "30",
                    "NTOPNG_SEND_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT": "300",
                    "SELECT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS": "30",
                    "NTOPNG_API_KEY": "NTOPNG_TOKEN"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "mcp-ntopng": {
        "command": "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/.venv/bin/python",
        "args": [
            "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/run_mcp_ntopng.py"
        ],
        "env": {
            "NTOPNG_HOST": "marcoeg-nod004.ntoplink.com",
            "NTOPNG_DBPORT": "9000",
            "NTOPNG_DBUSER": "default",
            "NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD": "",
            "NTOPNG_SECURE": "false",
            "NTOPNG_VERIFY": "false",
            "NTOPNG_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": "30",
            "NTOPNG_SEND_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT": "300",
            "SELECT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS": "30",
            "NTOPNG_API_KEY": "NTOPNG_TOKEN"
        }
    }
}

mcp-server-ntopng

PyPI - Version

NTOPNG Model Context Protocol Server

<a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@marcoeg/mcp-server-ntopng">

A Model Context Protocol server implementation for NTOPNG that enables AI agents to query networks monitoring data using the NTOPNG database.

This MCP Server assumes that ntopng is using ClickHouse to store historical flows and alert. Check ntopng Clickhouse

Tools

fetch_ntopng_all_ifids
- Retrieve all available interface IDs from ntopng.
 get_ntopng_hosts_location
- Fetch geographical location and additional info for hosts.
fetch_ntopng_top_local_talkers
- Retrieve the top 10 local talkers for a specified interface.
 fetch_ntopng_top_remote_talkers
- Retrieve the top 10 remote talkers for a specified interface.
get_ntopng_all_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for all alerts.
 get_ntopng_flow_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for flow alerts.
get_ntopng_host_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for host alerts.
 get_ntopng_interface_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for interface alerts.
get_ntopng_mac_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for MAC alerts.
 get_ntopng_network_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for network alerts.
get_ntopng_snmp_device_alert_list
- Retrieve a list of SNMP device alerts.
 get_ntopng_snmp_device_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for SNMP device alerts.
get_ntopng_system_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for system alerts.
 query_ntopng_flows_data
- Retrieve detailed flows data from the ntopng flows database.
get_ntopng_top-k_flows
- Retrieve top-k flows data from the ntopng flows database.
 get_ntopng_user_alert_stats
- Retrieve statistics for user alerts.
get_ntopng_flow_devices_stats
- Retrieve statistics for all flow devices.
 get_ntopng_sflow_devices_stats
- Retrieve statistics for all sFlow devices.
list_tables_ntopng_database
- List tables structure of the ntopng database.
 query_ntopng_database
- Query the ntopng Clickhouse database.

Status

Works with Claude Desktop app and other MCP compliant hosts and clients.

No support for MCP resources or prompts yet.

Configuration

1. Create or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file located at:
- On macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-ntopng": {
      "command": "/path/to/your/uv-binary",
      "args": ["run", "--with", "mcp-ntopng", "--python", "3.13", "mcp-ntopng"]
      "env": {
        "NTOPNG_HOST": "<ntopng-host>",
        "NTOPNG_DBPORT": "<ntopng-dbport>",
        "NTOPNG_DBUSER": "<ntopng-dbuser>",
        "NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD": "<ntopng-dbpassword>",
        "NTOPNG_SECURE": "true",
        "NTOPNG_VERIFY": "true",
        "NTOPNG_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": "30",
        "NTOPNG_SEND_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT": "300",
        "NTOPNG_API_KEY": "NTOPNG_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Replace /path/to/your/uv-binary with the absolute path to the uv executable. Find the path with which uv. This ensures that the correct version of uv is used when starting the server.

4. Restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes.

Development

1. Set the environmental variables either in the claude_desktop_config.json file or in a .env file in the root of the repository.

NTOPNG_HOST=localhost
NTOPNG_PORT=9000
NTOPNG_USER=default
NTOPNG_PASSWORD=

3. Run uv sync to install the dependencies. To install uv follow the instructions here. Then do source .venv/bin/activate.

4. Install the mcp-ntopng package with uv pip install -e . from the project main directory.

4. For easy testing, you can run mcp dev mcp_ntopng/mcp_server.py to start the MCP server. CHANGE WITH A PROPER CHAT CLIENT

Environment Variables

The following environment variables are used to configure the database connection:

NTOPNG_HOST: The hostname of the ntopng server
 NTOPNG_DBUSER: The username for Clickhouse DB authentication
NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD: The password for Clickhouse DB authentication
 NTOPNG_API_KEY: The ntopng authentication token.

Optional

NTOPNG_DBPORT: The port number of the Clickhouse DB in the ntopng server - Default: 9000 if HTTPS is enabled, 8123 if disabled - Usually doesn't need to be set unless using a non-standard port NTOPNG_SECURE: Enable/disable a TLS connection - Default: false - Set to true for a secure TLS connections NTOPNG_VERIFY: Enable/disable SSL certificate verification - Default: true - Set to false to disable certificate verification (not recommended for production) NTOPNG_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Connection timeout in seconds - Default: 30 - Increase this value if you experience connection timeouts
  • NTOPNG_SEND_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT: Send/receive timeout in seconds
- Default: 300 - Increase this value for long-running queries

> Check TLS Setup in the ntopng` documentation for details about setting up a TLS connection to Clickhouse.

Development

Install the package on the local machine: 
$ uv sync
$ uv pip install -e .
Run the MCP Inspector 
$ cd mcp_ntopng
$ source .env
$ CLIENT_PORT=8077 SERVER_PORT=8078  mcp dev run_mcp_ntopng.py --with clickhouse-driver --with python-dotenv --with uvicorn --with pip-system-certs
Use the local library in Claude Desktop.

Find: /Users/marco/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Edit the claude_desktop_config.json changing the local paths:

{

    "mcpServers": {

      "mcp-ntopng": {

        "command": "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/.venv/bin/python",

        "args": [

           "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/run_mcp_ntopng.py"

        ],

        "env": {

          "NTOPNG_HOST": "marcoeg-nod004.ntoplink.com",

          "NTOPNG_DBPORT": "9000",

          "NTOPNG_DBUSER": "default",

          "NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD": "",

          "NTOPNG_SECURE": "false",

          "NTOPNG_VERIFY": "false",

          "NTOPNG_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": "30",

          "NTOPNG_SEND_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT": "300",

          "SELECT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS": "30",

          "NTOPNG_API_KEY": "NTOPNG_TOKEN"

        }

      }

    }

  }

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Install

Add to Claude Desktop or Cursor

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "mcp-server-ntopng": {
            "mcp-ntopng": {
                "command": "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/.venv/bin/python",
                "args": [
                    "/Users/marco/Development/claude/mcp-server-ntopng/run_mcp_ntopng.py"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "NTOPNG_HOST": "marcoeg-nod004.ntoplink.com",
                    "NTOPNG_DBPORT": "9000",
                    "NTOPNG_DBUSER": "default",
                    "NTOPNG_DBPASSWORD": "",
                    "NTOPNG_SECURE": "false",
                    "NTOPNG_VERIFY": "false",
                    "NTOPNG_CONNECT_TIMEOUT": "30",
                    "NTOPNG_SEND_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT": "300",
                    "SELECT_QUERY_TIMEOUT_SECS": "30",
                    "NTOPNG_API_KEY": "NTOPNG_TOKEN"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

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