Portainer MCP — Installer & Démo en direct

Name: Portainer MCP MCP Server
Author: portainer

Pourquoi l'utiliser

Fonctionnalités clés

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

Démo en direct

Aperçu en pratique

portainer-mcp.replay ▶ prêt

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Installer

Choisissez votre client

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

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

Ouvrez Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Redémarrez après avoir enregistré.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor utilise le même schéma mcpServers que Claude Desktop. La config projet l'emporte sur la globale.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

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

Cliquez sur l'icône MCP Servers dans la barre latérale Cline, puis "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

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

Même format que Claude Desktop. Redémarrez Windsurf pour appliquer.

~/.continue/config.json

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

Continue utilise un tableau d'objets serveur plutôt qu'une map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

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

Ajoutez dans context_servers. Zed recharge à chaud à la sauvegarde.

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

Une seule ligne. Vérifiez avec claude mcp list. Supprimez avec claude mcp remove.

Cas d'usage

Usages concrets : Portainer MCP

Triage which containers are unhealthy across the fleet

👤 DevOps / SRE ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

Quand l'utiliser : You manage many envs through Portainer and need a fleet-wide health snapshot.

Prérequis

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

Déroulement

Inventory

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

→ 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.✓ Copié

→ Root-cause hypothesis per container

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

Pièges

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.

Combiner avec : kubernetes-mcp-server · filesystem

Combinaisons

Associez-le à d'autres MCPs pour un effet X10

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.✓ Copié

portainer-mcp + filesystem

Pair with filesystem for complementary capabilities

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

Outils

Ce que ce MCP expose

Outil	Entrées	Quand appeler	Coût
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

Coût et limites

Coût d'exécution

Quota d'API: See provider docs for rate limits
Tokens par appel: Varies by tool
Monétaire: See repo README for pricing details
Astuce: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

Sécurité

Permissions, secrets, portée

Stockage des identifiants : Use environment variables; never commit secrets

Sortie de données : Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

Dépannage

Erreurs courantes et correctifs

401 Unauthorized

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

Vérifier : list_environments returns a list

Endpoint not found

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

Vérifier : list_environments returns the target env

Alternatives

Portainer MCP vs autres

Alternative	Quand l'utiliser	Compromis
Rancher MCP	You're a Rancher shop	Different feature set; Portainer is broader on plain Docker

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Ressources

📖 Lire le README officiel sur GitHub

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