IONOS CLOUD MCP Server

Your AI agent, your cloud, your data in Europe.

  • Direct API processing in the IONOS CLOUD without external workarounds
  • A secure connection built from the ground up for your production accounts
  • 100+ tools for compute, storage, DNS, billing, and more
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IONOS

MCP Server

Connect Your AI to Your Cloud Infrastructure

The IONOS CLOUD MCP Server provides your AI client with direct, read-only access to your IONOS CLOUD account—without any data leaving the European infrastructure.
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DATA SOVEREIGNTY

Your API calls remain secure in Europe

  • Local execution on your computer without external relays
  • Local model backend in the EU via the IONOS CLOUD AI Model Hub
  • Full data sovereignty with no data transfer to third parties
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READ-ONLY SECURITY

Connect securely using production accounts

  • Read-only and query functions for over 100 tools
  • Reliable protection of your resources against changes
  • Risk-free team access to your live environments

BROAD COVERAGE

100+ Tools for Six Core Products

  • Direct monitoring of data centers, servers, volumes, and security groups
  • Billing tools for invoices, usage, traffic, and FOCUS v1.3 mapping
  • Complete audit trail in the Activity Log
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CLIENT COMPATIBILITY

Compatible with all popular AI clients

  • Direct support for Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI, and JetBrains
  • Seamless integration with Windsurf, Kiro, Continue, Zed, Cline, and Claude Code
  • Easily found in the official MCP directory, on mcp.so, and in the Cursor Directory

OPEN SOURCE

Review, expand, and contribute

  • Published under the Apache 2.0 open-source license on GitHub
  • Fully viewable source code for maximum transparency of all server actions
  • Direct requests for new features and feedback via GitHub
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BROADER CONTEXT

Product information directly in the AI client
  • Access live product documentation directly through the IONOS CLOUD Documentation MCP
  • Infrastructure status and product knowledge in a single view
  • Selective loading of tools helps you stay within your AI client’s limits
  • TUV NORD ISO/IEC 27001 certification logo.
  • TUV NORD CERT GmbH ISO 50001 certification logo.
  • ISO 27001 certificate from Federal Office for Information Security, valid until 13.09.2025, certificate number BSI-IGZ-0543-2022.
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  • TUV NORD ISO/IEC 27001 certification logo.
  • TUV NORD CERT GmbH ISO 50001 certification logo.
  • ISO 27001 certificate from Federal Office for Information Security, valid until 13.09.2025, certificate number BSI-IGZ-0543-2022.
  • GDPR logo with twelve blue stars in a circle.
  • Gaia-X logo with a blue dot and lines radiating outwards.
  • Green leaf inside a circle with the text "GREEN HOSTING" underneath.
  • TUV NORD ISO/IEC 27001 certification logo.
  • TUV NORD CERT GmbH ISO 50001 certification logo.
  • ISO 27001 certificate from Federal Office for Information Security, valid until 13.09.2025, certificate number BSI-IGZ-0543-2022.
  • GDPR logo with twelve blue stars in a circle.
  • Gaia-X logo with a blue dot and lines radiating outwards.
  • Green leaf inside a circle with the text "GREEN HOSTING" underneath.

Ready to use in just a few minutes

1. Create your IONOS CLOUD account
Register at https://cloud.ionos.de and generate an API token with minimal permissions for the MCP server.
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2. Install and configure your binary file
Install the server and add your login credentials to the MCP configuration file for your chosen AI client.
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3. Querying Infrastructure Using AI
Let your AI client check your cloud infrastructure, review your billing statements, audit your DNS entries, or analyze your activity log using natural language.

Pricing Model

Free MCP Server: no licence fees, no subscription

Take advantage of the IONOS CLOUD MCP Server without any additional license or subscription fees. You only pay for the IONOS CLOUD resources actively used in your account. With the dynamic price calculator, you can quickly and easily create a customized cost estimate tailored to your specific requirements and production workloads.

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Versatile Use Cases for the IONOS CLOUD MCP Server

With the IONOS CLOUD MCP Server, you're always one step ahead

Use Case

Infrastructure Audit and Security Assessment

Use your AI client to systematically scan your IONOS CLOUD environment and identify faulty configurations before they lead to incidents.

  • List all security groups and review inbound rules in each data center
  • Check certificate expiration dates using the Certificate Manager tools
  • Compare activity log entries with current resource configurations
  • Identify unused volumes, unconnected NICs, and overlooked NAT gateways

Use Case

Billing Analysis and FinOps Workflows

Give your finance and engineering teams a natural-language interface to IONOS CLOUD billing data—without writing a single line of code.

  • Retrieve invoices and usage breakdowns for each billing period
  • Map FOCUS v1.3 expense data for standardized cloud cost reporting
  • Analyze traffic costs and compute usage together in a single session
  • Feed billing expenses directly into automated FinOps pipelines

Use Case

Agent-Based Infrastructure Workflows

Connect AI agents to IONOS CLOUD account data so they can operate based on the actual infrastructure status rather than static documentation.

  • Combine live account data with the IONOS CLOUD Documentation MCP to get the full context
  • Automate routine audit tasks for DNS, object storage, and compute
  • Use activity log tools to respond to audit requests without having to manually search through logs
  • Integrate VS Code, JetBrains, or Cursor to query infrastructure directly within the editor

Documentation and Instructions

Getting Started

Install the binary file and connect your first AI client in just a few minutes.

Tool Reference

Complete list of all 100+ tools for computing, DNS, billing, and more.

GitHub repository

Source code, releases, and contribution guidelines are available under the Apache 2.0 license.

IONOS CLOUD MCP Server – FAQ

Yes. The IONOS CLOUD MCP Server is a free MCP server: there are no license or subscription fees, and the source code is published under Apache 2.0 on GitHub. You are billed only for the IONOS CLOUD resources your account actually consumes. An IONOS CLOUD account and an API token are required

Via Homebrew, as a pre-built binary for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with go install, or as a Docker image. The container image is available on ghcr.io for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64, and runs locally, on a CI runner, or inside a container. The server is also listed on the major MCP registries and IDE marketplaces, including the official MCP Registry, Smithery, mcp.so, the Cursor Directory, and Glama. The full list is in the GitHub repository.

The MCP Server provides around 200 tools across seven products: Compute Engine, IONOS CLOUD Object Storage, Billing, Cloud DNS, Managed Kubernetes, Certificate Manager, and Activity Log. That includes inspecting your Kubernetes clusters, node pools, and available versions. Database as a Service with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and MariaDB is not covered at present. You can request additional products via GitHub.

Not by default. Out of the box, every tool is an inspection or query operation: write tools are not registered and do not appear in your AI client at all. Using them requires you to enable them explicitly. Until you do, connecting the server to live production accounts remains completely safe.

Yes. Create a separate token and give it only the permissions you actually need. For analysis and audit work, read access to Compute Engine, Cloud DNS, billing, and Object Storage is enough. Write operations require broader permissions, so handle that token with more care and rotate it regularly.

Yes. The complete source code is available at github.com/ionos-cloud/ionoscloud-mcp under the Apache 2.0 license. You can see exactly what the server does, contribute, or report issues directly through GitHub.

The difference is crucial: API requests are sent directly from your device via HTTPS to @cloudBrand—with no third parties involved along the way. Your prompts and tool outputs are transmitted to your client’s AI model provider (e.g., Anthropic, Microsoft). For a fully EU-sovereign path, in which inference also remains within European infrastructure, combine the MCP Server with the IONOS CLOUD AI Model Hub.

Dedicated setup guides are available for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Gemini CLI, JetBrains AI Assistant, Windsurf, Kiro, Continue, Cline, Zed, and OpenCode. Any other MCP-compliant client will also work, including AI agent frameworks such as the OpenAI Agents SDK and LangGraph.