Rancher runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 83 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 31 Dec 2025.
MCP server for Rancher API integration
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add rancher-mcp-server -e 'RANCHER_API_KEY=<RANCHER_API_KEY>' -- uvx rancher-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"rancher-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"rancher-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"RANCHER_API_KEY": "<RANCHER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.rancher-mcp-server]
command = "uvx"
args = ["rancher-mcp-server"]
env = { RANCHER_API_KEY = "<RANCHER_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"rancher-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"rancher-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"RANCHER_API_KEY": "<RANCHER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"rancher-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"rancher-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"RANCHER_API_KEY": "<RANCHER_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<RANCHER_API_KEY> (API Key for RANCHER).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
RANCHER_API_URL (API URL for RANCHER).
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