Contabo VPS MCP Server

Community MCP server (la-rebelion/hapimcp) exposing the Contabo Cloud API as MCP tools for cloud provisioning and management. Contabo is a budget-focused VPS and cloud server provider. Enables AI agents to manage Contabo instances — provisioning, listing, configuring, and controlling virtual private servers via the Contabo API.

Evaluated Mar 07, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent

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⚙ Agent Friendliness

/ 100

Can an agent use this?

🔒 Security

/ 100

Is it safe for agents?

⚡ Reliability

/ 100

Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality

Documentation

Error Messages

Auth Simplicity

Rate Limits

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement

Auth Strength

Scope Granularity

Dep. Hygiene

Secret Handling

VPS management = significant access. OAuth2 auth. Restrict to minimal Contabo permissions. Cost implications for provisioning actions.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA

Version Stability

Breaking Changes

Error Recovery

Best When

A developer or small team using Contabo VPS for budget cloud hosting wants AI agents to automate server provisioning and management tasks.

Avoid When

You use mainstream cloud providers. Also: budget VPS providers like Contabo have different SLA and support characteristics than AWS/GCP/Azure.

Use Cases

• Provisioning Contabo VPS instances from infrastructure automation agents
• Managing cloud server lifecycle (start, stop, resize) from DevOps agents
• Listing and querying Contabo instances from infrastructure inventory agents
• Automating Contabo VPS configuration from deployment agents

Not For

• Teams using other cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, DigitalOcean)
• Enterprise cloud with complex networking/IAM requirements (Contabo is budget/SMB focused)
• Production systems requiring high SLA guarantees (Contabo is budget tier)

Interface

REST API

Yes

GraphQL

gRPC

MCP Server

Yes ↗

SDK

Webhooks

Authentication

Methods: api_key oauth

OAuth: Yes Scopes: No

Contabo API credentials (client ID + client secret + username + password) required. Contabo uses OAuth2 client credentials flow.

Pricing

Model: usage_based

Free tier: No

Requires CC: Yes

Contabo VPS is paid. API access included with account. MCP server is free open source from la-rebelion.

Agent Metadata

Pagination

offset

Idempotent

Partial

Retry Guidance

Not documented

Known Gotchas

⚠ Contabo OAuth2 uses a non-standard credential flow (username + password + client credentials) — configure carefully
⚠ Infrastructure provisioning has real cost implications — implement budget controls before agent autonomy
⚠ Community server (la-rebelion/hapimcp) may lag Contabo API updates — verify tool coverage
⚠ Contabo budget tier — expect slower support response than major cloud providers

Alternatives

digitalocean-mcp-server aws-mcp-server linode-mcp-server

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.