Contabo MCP

MCP server for the Contabo cloud API — virtual machines, images, snapshots, networking, DNS, object storage, secrets, domains, and tags.

Manage Contabo VPS/VDS instances, images, snapshots, firewalls, private networks, VIPs, DNS, S3-compatible object storage, secrets, domains, and tags from Cursor, Claude Desktop, or any MCP client. Published on npm as @kieksme/contabo-mcp.

Quick start

npx -y @kieksme/contabo-mcp

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Set CONTABO_CLIENT_ID, CONTABO_CLIENT_SECRET, CONTABO_API_USER, and CONTABO_API_PASSWORD in your environment or MCP client config. How to get them from the Contabo API details page: see Obtaining API credentials in the package README.

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contabo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kieksme/contabo-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CONTABO_CLIENT_ID": "...",
        "CONTABO_CLIENT_SECRET": "...",
        "CONTABO_API_USER": "...",
        "CONTABO_API_PASSWORD": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Remote MCP (HTTP)

Besides stdio, the server runs as a remote MCP over Streamable HTTP with Bearer-token auth — the mode used in Docker. Select it via MCP_TRANSPORT=http (default is stdio, fully backward compatible).

Run the published image from GHCR:

docker run --rm -p 3000:3000 \
  -e MCP_TRANSPORT=http \
  -e MCP_AUTH_TOKEN="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
  -e CONTABO_CLIENT_ID=... -e CONTABO_CLIENT_SECRET=... \
  -e CONTABO_API_USER=... -e CONTABO_API_PASSWORD=... \
  ghcr.io/kieksme/contabo-mcp:latest

The server listens on http://localhost:3000/; GET /health returns {"status":"ok"} (unauthenticated) for orchestrator probes. The CONTABO_* credentials are still required — the HTTP transport only changes how clients reach the server, not how it authenticates to Contabo.

Connect an MCP client (present the MCP_AUTH_TOKEN as a Bearer token):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "contabo-remote": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://your-host:3000/",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <MCP_AUTH_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

For stdio-only clients, bridge with mcp-remote:

npx -y mcp-remote https://your-host:3000/ --header "Authorization: Bearer <MCP_AUTH_TOKEN>"

Security: the server speaks plain HTTP — terminate TLS at a reverse proxy / ingress and never expose the raw port unencrypted. Beyond localhost, enable MCP_HTTP_DNS_REBINDING_PROTECTION=true with MCP_HTTP_ALLOWED_HOSTS. See Remote HTTP transport (Docker) in the package README for all MCP_* variables, Docker Compose, and scaling notes.

Deploying to Railway instead of Docker? See Deploy on Railway in the package README — the Dockerfile and a committed railway.json already carry the build/healthcheck config, so it's a Root Directory + variables setup away from a running instance (and, once a maintainer publishes it, a one-click marketplace template).

See contabo-mcp/README.md for the full tool list and install options. To develop or release, see CONTRIBUTING.md. Releases on main are proposed by release-please via pull request.

Install as a Claude Code plugin

/plugin marketplace add kieksme/mcp-contabo
/plugin install contabo-mcp@mcp-contabo

Claude Code prompts you for the four Contabo API credentials when you enable the plugin and stores them in the OS credential store rather than in plaintext config files — no manual .mcp.json editing needed.

MCP Market

List this server on MCP Market so others can discover it when searching for Contabo or cloud hosting tools.

1. Open Submit an MCP Server.
2. Choose MCP Server (not Agent Skill).
3. Paste the repository URL: https://github.com/kieksme/mcp-contabo
4. Submit and wait for review.

After approval, the listing appears in MCP Market search.