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Rancher Mcp

io.github.rex/rancher-mcp ยท v1.59.0

Capability-aware MCP server for Rancher-managed Kubernetes: discovery, resources, workflows.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add rancher-mcp -e RANCHER_URL=<RANCHER_URL> -e RANCHER_TOKEN=<RANCHER_TOKEN> -e RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL=<RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL> -e RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON=<RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON> -- uvx rancher-mcp==1.59.0
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp==1.59.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp==1.59.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "rancher-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rancher-mcp==1.59.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "RANCHER_URL": "<RANCHER_URL>",
        "RANCHER_TOKEN": "<RANCHER_TOKEN>",
        "RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL": "<RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL>",
        "RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON": "<RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
RANCHER_URL
Required
Rancher server URL (single-instance mode)
RANCHER_TOKEN
Required, secret
Rancher API token (token-xxxxx:yyyyyyyyy)
RANCHER_VERIFY_SSL
Optional
Verify TLS certificates (default true)
RANCHER_INSTANCES_JSON
Optional, secret
Multi-instance config JSON (overrides single-instance mode; supports per-instance read_only)

Details

Package[email protected] (PYPI, stdio)
First published25 Aug 2026
Last updated25 Aug 2026
Registry nameio.github.rex/rancher-mcp

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