MCP server for Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager
ocm-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the maorfr/ocm-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP server for Red Hat OpenShift Cluster Manager”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using podman. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
The example declares ACCESS_TOKEN_URL, OCM_CLIENT_ID, OCM_OFFLINE_TOKEN, MCP_TRANSPORT. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"ocm-mcp": {
"command": "podman",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"ACCESS_TOKEN_URL",
"-e",
"OCM_CLIENT_ID",
"-e",
"OCM_OFFLINE_TOKEN",
"-e",
"MCP_TRANSPORT",
"quay.io/redhat-ai-tools/ocm-mcp"
],
"env": {
"ACCESS_TOKEN_URL": "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN_URL",
"OCM_CLIENT_ID": "cloud-services",
"OCM_OFFLINE_TOKEN": "YOUR_OCM_OFFLINE_TOKEN",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| ACCESS_TOKEN_URL | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| OCM_CLIENT_ID | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| OCM_OFFLINE_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| MCP_TRANSPORT | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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