SSH MCP Server

🔐 A secure remote server management tool based on MCP protocol, supporting SSH connections, command execution, and SFTP file transfers.

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🚀 Features

🔗 SSH Connection Management - Password/key authentication with connection pooling
⚡ Command Execution - Regular commands, sudo commands, batch execution
📁 SFTP Operations - Upload, download, list directories, create/delete files
💾 Server Management - Save/list/remove server configurations
🔒 Credential Security - System Keychain encrypted storage (macOS/Windows/Linux)
📝 Audit Logging - Records all operations with sensitive data masking

📦 Quick Start

Option 1: Run with npx (Recommended)

npx @erliban/ssh-mcp-server

Option 2: Global Installation

npm install -g @erliban/ssh-mcp-server
ssh-mcp-server

Option 3: Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/jiahuidegit/ssh-mcp-server.git
cd ssh-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

🎮 Configure Claude Desktop

Edit the configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ssh": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@erliban/ssh-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "info"
      }
    }
  }
}

⚙️ Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | Default | |----------|-------------|---------| | SSH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL | Log level (debug/info/warn/error) | info | | SSH_MCP_LOG_FILE | Log file path | stderr | | SSH_MCP_CONN_TIMEOUT | Connection timeout (ms) | 30000 | | SSH_MCP_CMD_TIMEOUT | Command timeout (ms) | 60000 | | SSH_MCP_IDLE_TIMEOUT | Idle connection timeout (ms) | 300000 | | SSH_MCP_MAX_CONNECTIONS | Maximum connections | 10 | | SSH_MCP_DATA_DIR | Data directory | ~/.ssh-mcp | | SSH_MCP_MASTER_PASSWORD | Master password for file storage | - |

🛠️ MCP Tools

Connection Management

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | connect | Establish SSH connection (password/key auth) | | disconnect | Disconnect specific or all connections |

Server Management

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | save_server | Save server configuration locally | | list_servers | List saved servers (supports group filtering) | | remove_server | Remove server configuration |

Command Execution

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | exec | Execute remote command | | exec_sudo | Execute with sudo privileges | | exec_batch | Batch execute on multiple servers |

SFTP Operations

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | sftp_ls | List directory contents | | sftp_upload | Upload file | | sftp_download | Download file | | sftp_mkdir | Create directory | | sftp_rm | Delete file or directory |

System Tools

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | health_check | Check connection status | | get_logs | Get audit logs |

💡 Usage Examples

Connect and Execute Command

User: Connect to 192.168.1.100 with username root and password 123456

Claude: [calls connect tool]
Connected to root@192.168.1.100:22

User: Check system load

Claude: [calls exec tool]
10:30:01 up 45 days, 2:15, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.10, 0.05

Upload Deployment File

User: Upload local /tmp/app.jar to server's /opt/app/

Claude: [calls sftp_upload tool]
Uploaded /tmp/app.jar -> /opt/app/app.jar

Batch Check Server Status

User: Check disk usage on all production servers

Claude: [calls list_servers, then exec_batch]
Server 10.0.0.1: 45% used
Server 10.0.0.2: 62% used
Server 10.0.0.3: 78% used ⚠️

🔒 Security Notes

Credential Storage - Prefers system Keychain (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager). Falls back to AES-256-GCM encrypted file storage when no desktop environment is available.
Log Masking - Passwords, private keys, and other sensitive information are automatically masked.
Dangerous Commands - Operations like deleting system root directory are prohibited.
Connection Pool - Automatically cleans up idle connections to prevent resource leaks.

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🤝 Contributing

Issues and Pull Requests are welcome!

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🤝 Feel free to open issues for questions or submit PRs for improvements!

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