mcp-proxmox MCP Server
Manage Proxmox VE clusters through AI assistants — VMs, containers, and more
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Published as mcp-proxmox on pypi. Runs locally.
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Broken with mcp 2.0.0: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mcp.server.fastmcp'
Summary
As of mcp 2.0.0, mcp-proxmox fails to start. server.py imports
FastMCP from mcp.server.fastmcp, which no longer resolves on the 2.x
line. Since pyproject.toml declares mcp>=1.26.0 with no upper bound,
every fresh resolve now picks 2.0.0 and crashes on import.
This hits uvx mcp-proxmox hardest, because it re-resolves dependencies
on every launch. Setups that worked yesterday break with no change on the
user's side. In Claude Desktop this surfaces only as "Server disco
Read the thread · 2026-07-30 · closed · external user · 1 comment
Migrate to MCP Python SDK 2.x server API
Context
mcp 2.0.0 (2026-07-28) removed mcp.server.fastmcp, which src/mcp_proxmox/server.py imports. v1.2.2 (#14) pinned mcp>=1.26.0,<2 as the interim fix so fresh installs work again (#13).
Task
Move the server to the 2.x API so the pin can be lifted:
- Replace
from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCPwith the 2.x equivalent (mcp.server.MCPServer/mcp.server.mcpserver) and adapt tool registration. - Keep the 34 tools and their signatures unchanged;
tests/test_server.pym
Read the thread · 2026-08-17 · open · 0 comments
Add unit tests for the ProxmoxClient wrapper and VMID resolution
The test suite covers the tool layer (test_provisioning.py, test_lifecycle.py, etc.) but client.py itself — the thin wrapper that builds every proxmoxer API path — is not directly tested. Helpers like find_guest (which scans get_cluster_resources to resolve a VMID to its node and guest type) and the qemu-vs-lxc path branching in methods like guest_action, get_snapshots, and migrate_guest are exactly the kind of code where a wrong path string silently breaks a tool. The mock fixtu
Read the thread · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments
Add a Troubleshooting section to the README
The README covers setup and the full tool list well, but there is no troubleshooting guidance. The most common friction points are predictable and the failure modes are already visible in the code: a token without the right privilege returns a 403, exec_command fails when qemu-guest-agent is not running (and is unsupported for LXC by Proxmox), self-signed certificates require PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL=false, and the config raises a clear error when required env vars are missing. A short Troublesh
Read the thread · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments
Add cluster health and HA status tools (quorum, corosync, HA resources)
The server covers individual nodes (list_nodes, get_node_status) and per-guest operations, but has no cluster-wide health view. Before doing anything risky on a multi-node cluster — a live migration, a rolling reboot, a backup window — the natural first question is "is the cluster healthy and quorate?". Today an assistant cannot answer that. This formalizes the "Cluster status" item already noted in ROADMAP.md into concrete scope.
Scope
get_cluster_status— quorum state, node member
Read the thread · 2026-06-04 · open · 0 comments
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