SSH Manager MCP Server

by bvisibleio.github.bvisible/mcp-ssh-managerv3.8.5

Manage multiple SSH servers: commands, file transfer and rsync, database dumps and queries, backups, health monitoring, tunnels and per-server security modes.

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Install SSH Manager MCP server

claude mcp add ssh-manager -- npx -y mcp-ssh-manager

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "ssh-manager": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh-manager": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-ssh-manager"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
SSH_CONFIG_PATH	—	—	Path to a TOML file holding the server definitions. Defaults to ~/.codex/ssh-config.toml. Each server can set MODE to readonly or restricted to constrain what the agent may run.
SSH_ENV_PATH	—	—	Path to a .env file declaring servers as SSH_SERVER_<NAME>_HOST, _USER, _KEYPATH and friends. Defaults to a .env next to the package.