alibaba-cloud-ops

Alibaba Cloud Ops MCP Server exposes a comprehensive set of Alibaba Cloud API integrations through MCP. It enables an AI assistant to manage ECS instances (create, start, stop, reboot, delete), view and manage VPCs, VSwitches, RDS instances, OSS buckets and objects, and monitor resources via Cloud Monitor metrics. It also supports deploying applications to ECS instances, automatic project analysis to detect deployment stacks (npm, Python, Java, Go, Docker, etc.), and local file operations such as listing directories and executing shell scripts. With the included tools, you can analyze a project, package artifacts, deploy to targeted ECS instances, and monitor deployment status using dedicated actions like OOS_CodeDeploy and OOS_GetDeployStatus. The server is designed to be configured with MCP clients via a concise startup parameter set and environment variables for cloud credentials.

Prerequisites:\n- Install uv (the MCP server runtime): follow instructions to install uv on macOS/Linux.\n\nInstallation steps:\n1) Install uv (on macOS/Linux):\nbash\ncurl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh\n\n2) Install the Alibaba Cloud Ops MCP Server via MCP startup configuration (no local build required).\n3) Prepare configuration by creating or editing the MCP startup config with the following example:\njson\n{\n "mcpServers": {\n "alibaba-cloud-ops-mcp-server": {\n "timeout": 600,\n "command": "uvx",\n "args": [\n "alibaba-cloud-ops-mcp-server@latest"\n ],\n "env": {\n "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "Your Access Key ID",\n "ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET": "Your Access Key SECRET"\n }\n }\n }\n}\n\n4) Save the configuration and restart your MCP client or editor integration to apply changes.\n5) Ensure your environment has the necessary Alibaba Cloud permissions for ECS, VPC, RDS, OSS, and Cloud Monitor operations.\n

Tips and notes:\n- Ensure ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_ID and ALIBABA_CLOUD_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET are kept secure. Consider using restricted keys for MCP usage.\n- The server supports a wide range of Alibaba Cloud services through modular tools (ECS, VPC, RDS, OSS, Cloud Monitor, and more). Use Local actions for project analysis and deployment workflow to automate building artifacts, deploying via OOS, and monitoring with OOS_GetDeployStatus.\n- If you modify startup parameters, refer to the MCP startup parameter documentation referenced in the README for parameter details.\n- When using the UI integrations (VS Code with Cline, Cursor, etc.), ensure the MCP configuration YAML/JSON is synchronized with your client.\n