foreman-mcp-server

How to run

Using VSCode with Copilot

Start the server via uv

uv run foreman-mcp-server \
  --foreman-url https://foreman.example.com \
  --foreman-username $FOREMAN_USERNAME \
  --foreman-password $FOREMAN_PASSWORD \
  --log-level debug \
  --host localhost \
  --port 8080 \
  --transport stdio \
  --no-verify-ssl

Default values if not provided:

  --foreman-url https://$hostname
  --log-level INFO
  --host '127.0.0.1'
  --port 8080
  --transport streamable-http
  --verify-ssl

Using custom CA certificates

If your Foreman instance uses a custom CA certificate, you have several options:

1. Use the --ca-bundle option or FOREMAN_CA_BUNDLE environment variable:

uv run foreman-mcp-server \
  --foreman-url https://foreman.example.com \
  --foreman-username $FOREMAN_USERNAME \
  --foreman-password $FOREMAN_PASSWORD \
  --ca-bundle /path/to/ca-bundle.pem

2. Place your CA certificate as ./ca.pem in the working directory (automatically detected):

cp /path/to/ca-bundle.pem ./ca.pem
uv run foreman-mcp-server \
  --foreman-url https://foreman.example.com \
  --foreman-username $FOREMAN_USERNAME \
  --foreman-password $FOREMAN_PASSWORD

Start the server via podman

First, build the container:

podman build -t foreman-mcp-server .

Now run the container:

podman run -it -p 8080:8080 foreman-mcp-server \
  --foreman-url https://my-foreman-instance.something.somewhere \
  --log-level debug \
  --host localhost \
  --port 8080 \
  --transport streamable-http

Using custom CA certificates with containers

To use custom CA certificates with the container, you can either mount your CA bundle to the default ca.pem location (automatically detected) or specify a custom path:

Option 1: Mount to default location (recommended)

# Standard container or UBI9 image - mount to /app/ca.pem
podman run -it -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/your-ca-bundle.pem:/app/ca.pem:ro,Z \
  foreman-mcp-server \
  --foreman-url https://my-foreman-instance.something.somewhere \
  --transport streamable-http

**Option 2: Mount to custom location**
```shell
podman run -it -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/your-ca-bundle.pem:/custom/ca.pem:ro,Z \
  foreman-mcp-server \
  --foreman-url https://my-foreman-instance.something.somewhere \
  --ca-bundle /custom/ca.pem \
  --transport streamable-http

Configure VSCode

# settings.json
{
    "mcp": {
        "servers": {
            "foreman": {
                "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp/sse",
                "type": "http",
                  "headers": {
                    "FOREMAN_USERNAME": "login",
                    "FOREMAN_TOKEN": "token"
                  }
            }
        }
    },
}

Run VSCode client

• Press Ctrl+Shift+P
• Select MCP: List Servers command
• Select foreman
• Press Start Server

Using in Copilot Chat

• Press Ctrl+Alt+I to open the chat