thunderboltsid/mcp-nutanix

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with Nutanix Prism Central APIs through Large Language Models (LLMs).
⚠️ Disclaimer
**THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT**
This project was created as a personal project to explore the capabilities of the Model Context Protocol frameworks in Go. It is:
- **NOT** an official Nutanix product or tool
- **NOT** supported, endorsed, or maintained by Nutanix
- **NOT** suitable for production environments
- **PROVIDED AS-IS** with no warranties or guarantees
**USE AT YOUR OWN RISK**: The author takes no responsibility for any issues, damages, or outages that may result from using this code.
Overview
This MCP server allows LLMs to interact with Nutanix Prism Central by:
1. Connecting to a Prism Central instance with user credentials
2. Listing various resources (VMs, Clusters, Hosts, etc.)
3. Retrieving specific resource details via URI-based access
The implementation uses the Prism Go Client to communicate with Prism Central and the MCP Go library to implement the Model Context Protocol.
Getting Started
Prerequisites
- Go 1.23 or higher
- Access to a Nutanix Prism Central instance
- Tools like make and go fmt for building
Building
Credential Configuration
The server supports two credential methods:
1. **Interactive credentials** (default) - Works with Claude via MCP prompts
2. **Static credentials** - Required for tools like Cursor that don't support interactive prompts
MCP Client Configuration
To use this server with MCP clients, you need to configure the client to connect to the server.
Claude Desktop/Code
Create or update ~/.anthropic/claude_desktop.json:
Claude will prompt you for credentials when first using the server.
Cursor
For Cursor, you need to provide static credentials via environment variables since it doesn't support interactive prompts.
Create or update ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
**Environment Variables:**
- NUTANIX_ENDPOINT - Prism Central IP or hostname (required)
- NUTANIX_USERNAME - API username (required)
- NUTANIX_PASSWORD - API password (required)
- NUTANIX_INSECURE - Set to "true" for self-signed certificates (optional)
Other MCP Clients
This server follows the standard MCP protocol and should work with any MCP client that supports stdio transport. Refer to your client's documentation for configuration instructions.
Usage
Once the MCP server is configured with your client and connected to your Prism Central instance, LLMs can interact with it through the MCP protocol.
Resource Listing
To list resources, use the appropriate tool:
The LLM will receive a JSON list of resources that it can parse and analyze.
Resource Access