# mcp-pfsense MCP Server

Manage pfSense firewalls through AI assistants — rules, DHCP, DNS, and more

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `mcp-pfsense` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**6 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 5.

### Most discussed

### 6 out of 8 API calls aren't working?

Trying to get mcp-pfsense working with claude and pfsense REST API.  Claude reports only two of the 8 API catagories work:

```
Two out of eight tested work: get_system_status and get_arp_table (both returned real data — confirmed 158 ARP entries across your LAN/VLANs just now). 
Everything else fails:
get_gateway_status (404), get_interfaces (400), list_services (403), list_firewall_rules (400), list_firewall_aliases (400), list_dhcp_leases (404), list_dhcp_static_mappings (404), list_dns_host_

[Read the thread](https://github.com/antonio-mello-ai/mcp-pfsense/issues/8) · 2026-07-17 · closed · external user · 2 comments

### Document pfrest setup and add a .env.example for configuration

The README correctly notes that this server requires the `pfrest` (pfSense-pkg-RESTAPI) package and that it runs on nginx separately from the WebGUI, but it stops short of walking a new user through actually enabling it — installing the package, creating an API-capable user, and choosing Basic Auth vs an API key. New users frequently get stuck on auth/port mismatches (the client uses Basic Auth against `/api/v2`), and there is no `.env` template to copy. This is a great first contribution that i

[Read the thread](https://github.com/antonio-mello-ai/mcp-pfsense/issues/6) · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments

### Add a read-only firewall log viewer tool (get_firewall_logs)

When a connection is unexpectedly blocked or allowed, the first diagnostic step is reading the firewall log — but the server has no tool for it today, so users have to drop into the WebGUI. `pfrest` exposes recent firewall log entries (e.g. `GET /api/v2/status/log/firewall`), and a read-only viewer is a self-contained, low-risk addition that follows the exact pattern of the existing `get_arp_table` / `list_services` monitoring tools.

**Scope**
- Add `get_firewall_logs` in `tools/monitoring.py` 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/antonio-mello-ai/mcp-pfsense/issues/5) · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments

### Add VPN tooling: WireGuard and OpenVPN status + tunnel listing

VPN is a core pfSense use case (site-to-site links, road-warrior access) and is currently unsupported by the server. `pfrest` exposes WireGuard (`/api/v2/vpn/wireguard/*`) and OpenVPN endpoints, so we can start with read/observability tools — the highest-value, lowest-risk slice — before tackling tunnel creation.

**Scope**
- `list_wireguard_tunnels` and `list_wireguard_peers`, surfacing peer handshakes and allowed IPs for quick "is the tunnel up?" questions.
- `get_openvpn_status` (connected cl

[Read the thread](https://github.com/antonio-mello-ai/mcp-pfsense/issues/4) · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments

### Apply staged firewall changes (call /firewall/apply after rule create/delete)

On pfSense the `pfrest` API stages firewall changes and does not activate them until a separate apply call is made to `/api/v2/firewall/apply`. The current `add_firewall_rule` and `delete_firewall_rule` tools (and the DHCP/DNS equivalents, which need `unbound`/`dhcpd` apply) only write the config — so an AI assistant that "creates a rule" can leave it staged and inactive, which is surprising and hard to debug. We should make activation explicit and observable.

**Scope**
- Add an `apply_firewall

[Read the thread](https://github.com/antonio-mello-ai/mcp-pfsense/issues/3) · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments

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