CTERA Portal is a multi-tenant, multi-cloud platform that delivers a global namespace and unified management across petabytes of distributed content.
mcp-ctera-core provides an AI-powered interface to interact with the CTERA Intelligent Data Services Platform, using Model Context Protocol (MCP). This integration enables access to the file management APIs of CTERA Portal, allowing you to perform operations through natural language or automation workflows.
To run this server, ensure you have the MCP runtime installed and follow the configuration steps below.
Configuration using Standard I/O:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ctera-core-mcp-stdio": {
"command": "uv",
"args": [
"--directory",
"/path/to/mcp-ctera-core/src",
"run",
"stdio.py"
],
"env": {
"ctera.mcp.core.settings.scope": "user",
"ctera.mcp.core.settings.host": "your.ctera.portal.domain",
"ctera.mcp.core.settings.user": "your-username",
"ctera.mcp.core.settings.password": "your-password",
"ctera.mcp.core.settings.ssl": "true"
}
}
}
}
Configuration using SSE:
export ctera.mcp.core.settings.scope="user"
export ctera.mcp.core.settings.host="your.ctera.portal.domain"
export ctera.mcp.core.settings.user="your-username"
export ctera.mcp.core.settings.password="your-password"
export ctera.mcp.core.settings.ssl="true"
$env:ctera.mcp.core.settings.scope = "user"
$env:ctera.mcp.core.settings.host = "your.ctera.portal.domain"
$env:ctera.mcp.core.settings.user = "your-username"
$env:ctera.mcp.core.settings.password = "your-password"
$env:ctera.mcp.core.settings.ssl = "true"
{
"mcpServers": {
"ctera-core-mcp-sse": {
"url": "http://localhost:8000/sse"
}
}
}
You can also run the MCP server using Docker:
docker build -t mcp-ctera-core .
docker run -p 8000:8000 \
-e ctera.mcp.core.settings.scope=user \
-e ctera.mcp.core.settings.host=your.ctera.portal.domain \
-e ctera.mcp.core.settings.user=your-username \
-e ctera.mcp.core.settings.password=your-password \
-e ctera.mcp.core.settings.ssl=true \
mcp-ctera-core