Deployment Configuration

Installation

Currently installation is only supported using Docker. The Images are available in Docker Hub.

Docker

docker run -d \
  --name mcp-express \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 \
  -v data:/app/data \
  mcpexpress/mcp-express:latest

Docker Compose

services:
  mcp-express:
    image: mcpexpress/mcp-express:latest
    container_name: mcp-express
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - data:/app/data
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
data:

Available Configurations

MCP Express self hosted deployment allows the following configurations:

ENCRYPTION_KEY (autogenerated)

Encryption Key is a secure 64-character hexadecimal string. This can be generated using the ssl rand -hex 32 command. This key is used to encrypt the data at rest. If a value is not provided in the environment, a random value is autogenerated and printed in the logs. Please store this value securely to be able to backup/restore your data.