Portainer MCP — Installieren & Live-Demo

Name: Portainer MCP MCP Server
Author: portainer

Warum nutzen

Hauptfunktionen

Multi-environment: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, KubeEdge
RBAC respected — agent acts with the API token's permissions
Read logs, exec into containers, restart services
Stack and Helm chart deployment
Works with self-hosted Portainer CE (free) and BE

Live-Demo

In der Praxis

portainer-mcp.replay ▶ bereit

0/0

Installieren

Wählen Sie Ihren Client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Öffne Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Nach dem Speichern neu starten.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor nutzt das gleiche mcpServers-Schema wie Claude Desktop. Projektkonfiguration schlägt die globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Klicken Sie auf das MCP-Servers-Symbol in der Cline-Seitenleiste, dann "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Gleiche Struktur wie Claude Desktop. Windsurf neu starten zum Übernehmen.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "portainer-mcp",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "portainer-mcp"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue nutzt ein Array von Serverobjekten statt einer Map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "portainer-mcp": {
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": [
          "portainer-mcp"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

In context_servers hinzufügen. Zed lädt beim Speichern neu.

claude mcp add portainer-mcp -- uvx portainer-mcp

Einzeiler. Prüfen mit claude mcp list. Entfernen mit claude mcp remove.

Anwendungsfälle

Praxisnahe Nutzung: Portainer MCP

Triage which containers are unhealthy across the fleet

👤 DevOps / SRE ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Wann einsetzen: You manage many envs through Portainer and need a fleet-wide health snapshot.

Voraussetzungen

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Ablauf

Inventory

List every environment Portainer manages. For each, count running, exited, and unhealthy containers.✓ Kopiert

→ Per-env health table
Drill in

For the env with the most unhealthy containers, show the last 50 log lines from each and tell me what's failing.✓ Kopiert

→ Root-cause hypothesis per container

Ergebnis: Fleet-wide triage in one chat, prioritized by impact.

Fallstricke

Granting an API token full admin to give Claude broad access is risky — Granting an API token full admin to give Claude broad access is risky — scope to read-only first, then escalate per-task.

Kombinieren mit: kubernetes-mcp-server · filesystem

Kombinationen

Mit anderen MCPs für 10-fache Wirkung

portainer-mcp + kubernetes-mcp-server

Pair with kubernetes-mcp-server for complementary capabilities

Use this server together with kubernetes-mcp-server to complete a multi-step task.✓ Kopiert

portainer-mcp + filesystem

Pair with filesystem for complementary capabilities

Use this server together with filesystem to complete a multi-step task.✓ Kopiert

Werkzeuge

Was dieses MCP bereitstellt

Werkzeug	Eingaben	Wann aufrufen	Kosten
list_environments	(none)	Discover which clusters Portainer manages	1 API call
list_containers	environment_id, filter	Inventory running containers in one env	1 API call
container_logs	environment_id, container_id, lines	Triage a misbehaving container	1 API call
container_restart	environment_id, container_id	Bounce an unhealthy container	1 API call

Kosten & Limits

Was der Betrieb kostet

API-Kontingent: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens pro Aufruf: Varies by tool
Kosten in €: See repo README for pricing details
Tipp: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Sicherheit

Rechte, Secrets, Reichweite

Credential-Speicherung: Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Datenabfluss: Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Fehlerbehebung

Häufige Fehler und Lösungen

401 Unauthorized

Create an API token in Portainer (User settings → Access tokens) and set PORTAINER_API_KEY.

Prüfen: list_environments returns a list

Endpoint not found

Token must have access to the requested environment. Check team/endpoint permissions in Portainer.

Prüfen: list_environments returns the target env

Alternativen

Portainer MCP vs. andere

Alternative	Wann stattdessen	Kompromiss
Rancher MCP	You're a Rancher shop	Different feature set; Portainer is broader on plain Docker

Mehr

Ressourcen

📖 Offizielle README auf GitHub lesen

🐙 Offene Issues ansehen

🔍 Alle 400+ MCP-Server und Skills durchsuchen