@thelord/mcp-server-docker-npx/NPX_SETUP.md

🐋 Docker MCP Server with NPX support - Manage Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes with natural language. Includes Docker socket access and remote Docker support via SSH/TCP.

# NPX Configuration Examples

## Using NPX Wrapper

### Local Docker
```bash
npx mcp-server-docker-npx
```

### Remote Docker via TCP
```bash
npx mcp-server-docker-npx --docker-host tcp://192.168.1.100:2376
```

### Remote Docker via SSH
```bash
DOCKER_HOST=ssh://user@hostname npx mcp-server-docker-npx
```

## Claude Desktop Configuration

### NPX Local
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-docker-npx"]
    }
  }
}
```

### NPX Remote TCP
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker": {
      "command": "npx", 
      "args": ["mcp-server-docker-npx", "--docker-host", "tcp://192.168.1.100:2376"],
      "env": {
        "DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY": "1",
        "DOCKER_CERT_PATH": "/path/to/certs"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### NPX Remote SSH
```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docker": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-docker-npx"],
      "env": {
        "DOCKER_HOST": "ssh://user@hostname"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Environment Variables

- `DOCKER_HOST`: Docker daemon host URL
- `MCP_SERVER_DOCKER_HOST`: Override Docker host specifically for MCP server
- `DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY`: Enable TLS verification (1 for true)
- `DOCKER_CERT_PATH`: Path to TLS certificates directory