# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Build stage — install everything, build all clients, and pack the exact # tarball npm would publish. `npm install` runs the root postinstall cascade # (per-client installs, since v2 is not a workspace); `npm pack` runs `prepack` # (`npm run build`) and emits `modelcontextprotocol-inspector-.tgz`. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM node:22-slim AS builder WORKDIR /build COPY . . RUN npm install && npm pack # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Runtime stage — install just the packed tarball (production deps only), # yielding a clean global `mcp-inspector` bin: the same artifact a user gets # from `npm i -g @modelcontextprotocol/inspector`. The package's postinstall # early-exits under node_modules, and the tarball ships only each client's # build/ output, so there is nothing to build here. # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM node:22-slim AS runner ENV NODE_ENV=production COPY --from=builder /build/modelcontextprotocol-inspector-*.tgz /tmp/inspector.tgz RUN npm install -g /tmp/inspector.tgz && rm /tmp/inspector.tgz # Serve on all interfaces so the UI is reachable from outside the container, and # never try to open a browser from inside it. Binding 0.0.0.0 is refused by # default (it exposes the process-spawning backend to the network); a container # is the sanctioned exception, so opt in explicitly via DANGEROUSLY_BIND_ALL_INTERFACES. ENV HOST=0.0.0.0 \ DANGEROUSLY_BIND_ALL_INTERFACES=true \ CLIENT_PORT=6274 \ MCP_SANDBOX_PORT=6275 \ MCP_APP_ORIGIN_PORT=6278 \ MCP_AUTO_OPEN_ENABLED=false # 6275 is the MCP Apps sandbox and 6278 the dedicated app origin (#2056) — two # further listeners the browser reaches DIRECTLY, so neither works through the # 6274 publish alone. Both are only needed for the Apps tab (6278 only for an # App declaring `_meta.ui.domain`), so they are EXPOSEd but publishing them is # optional — see the Docker section of the root README. EXPOSE 6274 6275 6278 # Run as the non-root `node` user the base image ships. The inspector resolves # its runtime-state dir (default catalog, OAuth token storage) from `HOME` # (core/storage/store-io.ts), so set it explicitly to the node user's writable # home and work from there. ENV HOME=/home/node # Create the runtime-state dir up front, owned by `node`. Docker seeds a named # volume's ownership from the image's directory at the mount point — and when # that directory does not exist it creates it `root:root`, which the non-root # `node` user then cannot write. Without this, `-v inspector-data:/home/node/.mcp-inspector` # (the recipe for keeping your saved servers across `docker run --rm`) makes # every "add server" fail with `EACCES ... open '/home/node/.mcp-inspector/mcp.json.tmp-*'`. RUN mkdir -p /home/node/.mcp-inspector && chown -R node:node /home/node/.mcp-inspector USER node WORKDIR /home/node # Report readiness by probing the served SPA (`/` needs no auth). The probe # connects to the address derived from the same `HOST` the server binds (a # wildcard maps to loopback), so overriding `HOST` to one interface keeps the # healthcheck valid (#2424) — see the script's header. Only `--web` has a # server to probe, so the script reads the launch mode from PID 1's argv and # reports a `--cli`/`--tui` container healthy while it runs (#2415). COPY --from=builder /build/scripts/docker-healthcheck.mjs /usr/local/lib/mcp-inspector-healthcheck.mjs HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=20s --retries=3 \ CMD ["node", "/usr/local/lib/mcp-inspector-healthcheck.mjs"] # Default to the web UI; override the args to run --cli / --tui. ENTRYPOINT ["mcp-inspector"] CMD ["--web"]