Install Proxmox VE for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"akmalovaa-proxmox-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"proxmox-ve-mcp"
],
"env": {
"PROXMOX_HOST": "",
"PROXMOX_PORT": "8006",
"PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL": "false",
"PROXMOX_TIMEOUT": "15",
"PROXMOX_USER": "root@pam",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "",
"PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "YOUR_PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE",
"PROXMOX_PASSWORD": "YOUR_PROXMOX_PASSWORD",
"PROXMOX_RISK_LEVEL": "read",
"PROXMOX_TOOLS_ALLOW": "",
"PROXMOX_REDACT_SECRETS": "true",
"PROXMOX_MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio",
"PROXMOX_MCP_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
"PROXMOX_MCP_PORT": "8000",
"PROXMOX_MCP_PATH": "/mcp",
"PROXMOX_MCP_JSON_RESPONSE": "true",
"PROXMOX_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "",
"PROXMOX_MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS": "",
"SENTRY_DSN": "YOUR_SENTRY_DSN"
}
}
}
}