Alibaba Cloud Operations MCP Endpoint

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This Alibaba Cloud Operations MCP Server functions as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) compliant host, offering streamlined connectivity to Alibaba Cloud's extensive suite of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). It empowers autonomous agents to manage infrastructure components, including Elastic Compute Service (ECS), Cloud Monitoring services, Operations Orchestration Service (OOS), and other frequently utilized cloud products.

Prerequisites

Ensure the installation of the uv package manager:

bash

For Unix-like systems (macOS/Linux).

uvx install uv

Configuration Setup

Configuration of the MCP Server is optimally performed using VS Code integrated with the Cline utility.

To integrate the alicloud-ops-mcp-gateway endpoint with any compliant MCP Client application, incorporate the following settings block manually and initiate a restart for activation:

{ "mcpServers": { "alicloud-ops-mcp-gateway": { "timeout": 600, "command": "uvx", "args": [ "alibaba-cloud-ops-mcp-server@latest" ], "env": { "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "Your Designated Access Key Identifier", "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "Your Confidential Access Key Credential" } } } }

Refer to the comprehensive MCP startup argument specification document for parameter details

MCP Exchange Integration Points

Further Resources

Supported Functionalities (Tools)

Service Domain	Operation API	Action Description	Execution Mechanism	Implementation Status
ECS	ExecuteRemoteCommand	Initiate arbitrary command execution	OOS	Complete
ECS	PowerOnInstances	Initiate instance startup sequence	OOS	Complete
ECS	PowerOffInstances	Terminate running instance operations	OOS	Complete
ECS	CyclePowerState	Force a system reboot	OOS	Complete
ECS	QueryInstanceDetails	Retrieve current instance attributes	API	Complete
ECS	ListAvailableRegions	Enumerate service geographic zones	API	Complete
ECS	ListAvailableZones	Detail availability zones within a region	API	Complete
ECS	CheckResourceAvailability	Verify current inventory capacity	API	Complete
ECS	RetrieveImageList	Fetch available operating system images	API	Complete
ECS	GetSecurityGroupConfig	Inspect network access control lists	API	Complete
ECS	ProvisionNewInstances	Deploy new compute instances	OOS	Complete
ECS	DecommissionInstances	Permanently remove selected instances	API	Complete
ECS	ResetRootCredentials	Update administrative access credentials	OOS	Complete
ECS	SwapSystemDisk	Replace the primary OS volume	OOS	Complete
VPC	ListVirtualPrivateClouds	Retrieve configured VPC networks	API	Complete
VPC	ListVirtualSwitches	Retrieve subnet configurations	API	Complete
RDS	ListRelationalDbInstances	Obtain details of managed database clusters	API	Complete
RDS	ActivateDbInstance	Start a stopped database service	OOS	Complete
RDS	SuspendDbInstance	Halt operations for a database service	OOS	Complete
RDS	ResetDbInstance	Perform a controlled service restart	OOS	Complete
OSS	RetrieveBucketList	List all object storage containers	API	Complete
OSS	EstablishNewBucket	Provision a new storage container	API	Complete
OSS	DestroyBucket	Remove an existing storage container	API	Complete
OSS	ListBucketContents	Catalog objects within a specified container	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchCpuUtilizationMetrics	Retrieve aggregate CPU utilization statistics for ECS resources	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchCpuLoad1m	Obtain the one-minute average CPU load value	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchCpuLoad5m	Obtain the five-minute average CPU load value	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchCpuLoad15m	Obtain the fifteen-minute average CPU load value	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchMemoryConsumedData	Retrieve raw memory usage measurements	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchMemoryUtilizationData	Retrieve percentage memory consumption metrics	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchDiskIOUsageMetrics	Retrieve disk read/write usage statistics	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchDiskTotalCapacity	Retrieve total allocated disk partition capacities	API	Complete
CloudMonitor	FetchDiskUsedCapacity	Retrieve total utilized disk partition space	API	Complete

Support & Communication

For inquiries or technical discussions, please join the official Alibaba Cloud Ops MCP User Community (DingTalk Group Identifier: 113455011677).

Alibaba_Cloud_Ops_MCP_User_Group_en

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