Portainer MCP

Name: Portainer MCP MCP Server
Author: portainer

为什么要用

核心特性

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

实时演示

实际使用效果

portainer-mcp.replay ▶ 就绪

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安装

选择你的客户端

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

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

打开 Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config。保存后重启应用。

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

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

Cursor 使用与 Claude Desktop 相同的 mcpServers 格式。项目级配置优先于全局。

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

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

点击 Cline 侧栏中的 MCP Servers 图标，然后选 "Edit Configuration"。

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

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

格式与 Claude Desktop 相同。重启 Windsurf 生效。

~/.continue/config.json

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

Continue 使用服务器对象数组，而非映射。

~/.config/zed/settings.json

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

加入 context_servers。Zed 保存后热重载。

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

一行命令搞定。用 claude mcp list 验证，claude mcp remove 卸载。

使用场景

实战用法： Portainer MCP

Triage which containers are unhealthy across the fleet

👤 DevOps / SRE ⏱ ~15 min intermediate

何时使用： You manage many envs through Portainer and need a fleet-wide health snapshot.

前置条件

Server/skill installed and authenticated — See repo README

步骤

Inventory

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

→ 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.✓ 已复制

→ Root-cause hypothesis per container

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

注意事项

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.

搭配使用： kubernetes-mcp-server · filesystem

组合

与其他 MCP 搭配，撬动十倍杠杆

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.✓ 已复制

portainer-mcp + filesystem

Pair with filesystem for complementary capabilities

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

工具

此 MCP 暴露的能力

工具	输入参数	何时调用	成本
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

成本与限制

运行它的成本

API 配额: See provider docs for rate limits
每次调用 Token 数: Varies by tool
费用: See repo README for pricing details
提示: Cache tool results and avoid repeated identical calls.

安全

权限、密钥、影响范围

凭据存储： Use environment variables; never commit secrets

数据出站： Tool calls go to the provider's API as documented

故障排查

常见错误与修复

401 Unauthorized

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

验证： list_environments returns a list

Endpoint not found

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

验证： list_environments returns the target env

替代方案

Portainer MCP 对比其他方案

替代方案	何时用它替代	权衡
Rancher MCP	You're a Rancher shop	Different feature set; Portainer is broader on plain Docker