MCP server for management and troubleshooting of certificates and other resources managed by cert-manager.
Claude Desktop config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cert-manager-mcp-server": {
"command": "sh",
"args": [
"-c",
"docker run -i --rm -v ~/.kube:/home/app/.kube:ro -v ~/.config/gcloud:/home/app/.config/gcloud piblokto/cert-manager-mcp-server:v0.0.5"
]
}
}
}
Claude Desktop config for GKE clusters:
{
"mcpServers": {
"cert-manager-mcp-server": {
"command": "sh",
"args": [
"-c",
"docker run -i --rm -v ~/.kube:/home/app/.kube:ro -v ~/.config/gcloud:/home/app/.config/gcloud -e CLOUDSDK_CORE_PROJECT=<DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID> -e CLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION=<DEFAULT_COMPUTE_REGION> piblokto/cert-manager-mcp-server:v0.0.5"
]
}
}
}
This MCP server provides the following tools for interacting with cert-manager and Kubernetes resources:
- list_certificates - List certificates within a namespace or across all namespaces, with options for filtering expired certificates and pagination. You can also include domains for listed certificates with include_domains argument (defaults to False to make responses more compact)
- get_certificate - Get detailed information about a specific certificate
- renew_certificate - Force renewal of a certificate
- list_issuers - List issuers or cluster issuers with their statuses and configuration. Unlike list_certificates there are no pagination or filtering except for cluster/namespaced issuers and namespaces for Issuers.
- list_namespaces - List all namespaces in the cluster
- list_contexts - List all available kubeconfig contexts
- get_current_context - Get the currently active kubeconfig context
- switch_context - Switch to a different kubeconfig context. Updates in-memory config
Tool Name | Description | Read-Only | Parameters |
---|---|---|---|
list_certificates |
List certificates within a namespace or all namespaces, with filtering and pagination options | ✅ |
namespace_name , all_namespaces , include_domains , list_expired , cursor , page_size
|
get_certificate |
Get detailed information about a specific certificate | ✅ |
namespace_name , certificate_name
|
renew_certificate |
Force renewal of a certificate in a given namespace | ❌ |
namespace_name , certificate_name
|
list_issuers |
List issuers or cluster issuers with their statuses and configuration | ✅ |
list_cluster_issuers , all_namespaces , namespace_name
|
list_namespaces |
List all namespaces in the cluster | ✅ | None |
list_contexts |
List all available kubeconfig contexts | ✅ | None |
get_current_context |
Get the currently active kubeconfig context | ✅ | None |
switch_context |
Switch to a different kubeconfig context | ✅ | ctx |
Created: 11/09/2025
Last updated: 11/09/2025