ESXi Read-Only Diagnostics MCP Server

io.github.nicolasboattini/esxi-readonly-mcp

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What is the ESXi Read-Only Diagnostics MCP server?

Read-only VMware ESXi diagnostics: CPU Ready, disk latency, snapshots, real space, hardware health.

How to install ESXi Read-Only Diagnostics

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

ESXI_HOST
required
ESXi host (or vCenter) IP or hostname
ESXI_USER
required
ESXi user with a read-only role. Store its password with 'esxi-readonly-mcp --set-password'
ESXI_PASSWORD
secret
Optional: password in plain text if the OS keyring is not available (not recommended)
ESXI_PORT
API port (default 443)
ESXI_VERIFY_SSL
Set to 1 to verify the TLS certificate (default 0, accepts ESXi self-signed certs)

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "esxi-readonly-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "esxi-readonly-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ESXI_HOST": "<YOUR_ESXI_HOST>",
        "ESXI_USER": "<YOUR_ESXI_USER>",
        "ESXI_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_ESXI_PASSWORD>",
        "ESXI_PORT": "<YOUR_ESXI_PORT>",
        "ESXI_VERIFY_SSL": "<YOUR_ESXI_VERIFY_SSL>"
      }
    }
  }
}