Nginx Proxy Manager MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 217 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 6 Nov 2026.
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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 nginx-proxy-manager-mcp -e 'NPM_URL=<NPM_URL>' -e 'NPM_EMAIL=<NPM_EMAIL>' -e 'NPM_PASSWORD=<NPM_PASSWORD>' -- uvx nginx-proxy-manager-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"nginx-proxy-manager-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nginx-proxy-manager-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"NPM_EMAIL": "<NPM_EMAIL>",
"NPM_PASSWORD": "<NPM_PASSWORD>",
"NPM_URL": "<NPM_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.nginx-proxy-manager-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["nginx-proxy-manager-mcp-server"]
env = { NPM_URL = "<NPM_URL>", NPM_EMAIL = "<NPM_EMAIL>", NPM_PASSWORD = "<NPM_PASSWORD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"nginx-proxy-manager-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nginx-proxy-manager-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"NPM_EMAIL": "<NPM_EMAIL>",
"NPM_PASSWORD": "<NPM_PASSWORD>",
"NPM_URL": "<NPM_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"nginx-proxy-manager-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"nginx-proxy-manager-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"NPM_EMAIL": "<NPM_EMAIL>",
"NPM_PASSWORD": "<NPM_PASSWORD>",
"NPM_URL": "<NPM_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<NPM_URL> (Base URL of the Nginx Proxy Manager admin API), <NPM_EMAIL> (Existing NPM admin email), <NPM_PASSWORD> (Existing NPM admin password).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
MCP_TRANSPORT (Must be stdio when launched by an MCP client).
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