oracle.oci-networking-mcp-server
An MCP server that exposes Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Core Networking (VCN) service APIs, enabling AI agents to create and manage Virtual Cloud Networks, subnets, route tables, internet gateways, NAT gateways, security lists, network security groups, and other foundational OCI network resources.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
VCN management gives broad network access control. Agents with write access can open security rules exposing services to the internet. Recommend read-only defaults with explicit approval gates for rule changes. OCI Audit service logs all API calls.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You need to automate foundational OCI network infrastructure lifecycle — VCNs, subnets, gateways, and security rules — particularly for multi-environment provisioning or infrastructure-as-code workflows.
Avoid When
You need multi-cloud networking abstractions or are managing non-OCI network infrastructure.
Use Cases
- • Automating VCN and subnet provisioning for new application environments
- • Programmatically managing route tables and gateway configurations
- • Creating and updating network security groups and security lists
- • Integrating OCI network infrastructure management into IaC pipelines
- • Dynamically adjusting network topology for scaling or DR scenarios
Not For
- • On-premises network management
- • Non-OCI cloud networking (AWS VPC, Azure VNet)
- • Application-layer load balancing (use OCI Load Balancer MCP)
- • DNS zone management (use OCI DNS MCP)
Interface
Authentication
Requires IAM policies for vcn, subnet, security-list, route-table, and gateway resources. Networking changes can affect all resources in a VCN — scope permissions carefully.
Pricing
Core VCN resources (VCN, subnets, route tables, security lists) have no per-resource charge; costs are operational (data transfer, gateways)
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Resource deletion order matters — subnets cannot be deleted while VNICs are attached
- ⚠ CIDR block conflicts prevent subnet creation and require careful IP planning
- ⚠ Security list rules are stateful but NSG rules require explicit egress/ingress pairs
- ⚠ Default route table and security list are created automatically with VCN
- ⚠ Compartment hierarchy affects resource visibility and IAM policy scoping
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-04-04.