# bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa

> MCP server for FreeIPA identity management

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa/claim

## Declared
- version: 1.3.6
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa

### Description (declared)

# FreeIPA MCP Server

MCP server for FreeIPA identity management instances. Tools are dynamically registered from FreeIPA's schema API, exposing ~290 commands covering users, groups, hosts, DNS, HBAC, sudo rules, certificates, services, trusts, vaults, and more.

The server uses [CodeMode](https://gofastmcp.com/servers/transforms/code-mode#code-mode) for efficient LLM interaction, collapsing ~290 individual tools into 3 meta-tools (`get_tags`, `search`, `get_schemas`) that let AI assistants discover and call commands on demand rather than loading all tools into context at once.

Both MCP (stdio) and REST API (Swagger UI) interfaces are available, sharing the same underlying FreeIPA client.

## Configuration

**Authentication**: FreeIPA supports two authentication methods:

- **Password** — username/password with session cookies (simpler, good for development)
- **Kerberos** — keytab-based authentication (recommended for production, no passwords stored)

### Option 1: config.json (Password Auth)

```bash
cp config.json.example config.json
# Edit config.json with your credentials
```

```json
{
  "host": "ipa.example.com",
  "auth_method": "password",
  "username": "api-user",
  "password": "changeme",
  "verify_ssl": true,
  "ca_cert_path": "/etc/ipa/ca.crt"
}
```

### Option 1b: config.json (Kerberos Auth)

```json
{
  "host": "ipa.example.com",
  "auth_method": "kerberos",
  "principal": "mcp-api",
  "keytab_path": "/root/mcp-api.keytab",
  "verify_ssl": true,
  "ca_cert_path": "/etc/ipa/ipa-ca.cert"
}
```

The server runs `kinit -kt <keytab_path> <principal>` automatically. No password needed.

### Option 2: Environment Variables

```bash
# Password auth
export FREEIPA_HOST="ipa.example.com"
export FREEIPA_AUTH_METHOD="password"
export FREEIPA_USERNAME="api-user"
export FREEIPA_PASSWORD="api-password"
export FREEIPA_VERIFY_SSL="true"
export FREEIPA_CA_CERT_PATH="/etc/ipa/ca.crt"

# Or Kerberos auth
export FREEIPA_HOST="ipa.example.com"
export FREEIPA_AUTH_METHOD=…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- security.identity (1, derived)
- security.secrets (0.825, derived)
- data.apis (0.814, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:26:59.255Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa · ARD identifier urn:air::server:bibliocommons-mcp-freeipa