opnsense-mcp

OPNsense MCP Server

 

MCP server for OPNsense firewall operations (ARP, DHCP, logs, rules, interfaces, system status, packet capture).

Use one of two deployment modes:

• STDIO (local): best for Cursor/Claude Code/Continue running the server process directly.
• SSE (centralized): best for shared, long-lived service over HTTPS.

Demo

Query your firewall with Claude Code CLI. Live example with real network data:

!opnsense-mcp demo

Why This Exists

Built this because SSH'ing into the firewall to check logs or grab ARP data got old fast. Now you can ask Claude:

• "What's happening on the network right now?"
• "Show me the latest firewall blocks"
• "Tell me about that host"
• "Capture packets from the suspicious traffic"

Claude handles the firewall query via MCP and gives you analysis + context in one shot. Works on homelab or business deployments equally well.

Quick Start

1) Local setup (required for both modes)

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -r requirements.txt
cp examples/.env.example ~/.env

Edit ~/.env:

OPNSENSE_API_KEY=your_api_key
OPNSENSE_API_SECRET=your_api_secret
OPNSENSE_FIREWALL_HOST=your.firewall.host
MCP_SECRET_KEY=replace_me

2) Choose mode

Mode A: STDIO (local IDE/client)

Configure your MCP client to launch mcp_start.sh:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "opnsense-mcp": {
      "command": "/bin/bash",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/opnsense-mcp/mcp_start.sh"],
      "cwd": "/absolute/path/to/opnsense-mcp"
    }
  }
}

See full guide: docs/GETTING_STARTED.md.

Mode B: SSE (centralized service)

Run the Linux installer (Podman + quadlet + Caddy TLS):

sudo bash deploy/install.sh

Clients connect to:

https://<your-hostname>/sse

See deployment docs:

• docs/CENTRALIZED_DEPLOY_SPEC.md
• deploy/README.md
• deploy/TLS.md

What Is Available

Primary tools:

• Discovery: arp, dhcp, lldp
• Monitoring: system, get_logs, packet_capture
• Firewall rules: fw_rules, mkfw_rule, rmfw_rule, ssh_fw_rule
• Interfaces: interface_list

Full reference: docs/REFERENCE/FUNCTION_REFERENCE.md

What's New (June 2026)

Five PRs landed recently. See docs/FEATURES_UPDATE.md for full details and usage examples.

• Streamable HTTP transport — native FastMCP server supports stdio, sse, and streamable-http (MCP spec 2025-03-26). Deployed via deploy/install.sh.
• DHCP client_id (DUID) support — mk_dhcp_host and move_dhcp_host accept an optional DUID for stateful DHCPv6 matching.
• Semver image tags — images are tagged from pyproject.toml version + git short SHA (1.0.0-dev.a1b2c3d) or release tags (1.0.0).
• hub.freeblizz.com registry — pinned tags pulled from the fleet registry; :latest is rejected.
• install.sh readonly fix — Bash readonly clash between install.sh and lib.sh resolved.

Use Cases

• Homelab network troubleshooting — Query firewall logs from terminal, get Claude's take on what's happening
• Security operations — Automate incident triage: "Analyze the last hour of blocks"
• Infrastructure automation — Write MCP-aware scripts that query firewall state dynamically
• DevOps troubleshooting — Quick VLAN/interface status checks without SSH sessions

Feedback

First 10 users get feedback incorporated into the tool. If you find bugs or have ideas, file an issue or discussion.

Documentation Map

• Start here: docs/GETTING_STARTED.md
• Claude Code specifics: docs/CLAUDE_CODE_INTEGRATION.md
• Centralized SSE spec: docs/CENTRALIZED_DEPLOY_SPEC.md
• Contributor guide: docs/DEVELOPMENT/CONTRIBUTING.md

License

This project is released under the MIT License.