Portainer MCP

Name: Portainer MCP MCP Server
Author: portainer

왜 쓰나요

핵심 기능

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

라이브 데모

실제 사용 모습

portainer-mcp.replay ▶ 준비됨

0/0

설치

클라이언트 선택

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

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

Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config 열기. 저장 후 앱 재시작.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor는 Claude Desktop과 동일한 mcpServers 스키마 사용. 프로젝트 설정이 전역보다 우선.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

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

Cline 사이드바의 MCP Servers 아이콘 클릭 후 "Edit Configuration" 선택.

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

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

Claude Desktop과 같은 형식. Windsurf 재시작 후 적용.

~/.continue/config.json

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

Continue는 맵이 아닌 서버 오브젝트 배열 사용.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

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

context_servers에 추가. 저장 시 Zed가 핫 리로드.

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

한 줄 명령. claude mcp list로 확인, claude mcp remove로 제거.

사용 사례

실전 활용법: Portainer MCP

Triage which containers are unhealthy across the fleet

👤 DevOps / SRE ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

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

사전 조건

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

흐름

Inventory

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

→ 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.✓ 복사됨

→ Root-cause hypothesis per container

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

함정

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.

함께 쓰기: kubernetes-mcp-server · filesystem

조합

다른 MCP와 조합해 10배 효율

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.✓ 복사됨

portainer-mcp + filesystem

Pair with filesystem for complementary capabilities

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

도구

이 MCP가 노출하는 것

도구	입력	언제 호출	비용
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

비용 및 제한

운영 비용

API 쿼터: See provider docs for rate limits
호출당 토큰: Varies by tool
금액: See repo README for pricing details
팁: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

보안

권한, 시크릿, 파급범위

자격 증명 저장: Use environment variables; never commit secrets

데이터 외부 송신: Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

문제 해결

자주 발생하는 오류와 해결

401 Unauthorized

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

확인: list_environments returns a list

Endpoint not found

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

확인: list_environments returns the target env

대안

Portainer MCP 다른 것과 비교

대안	언제 쓰나	단점/장점
Rancher MCP	You're a Rancher shop	Different feature set; Portainer is broader on plain Docker