InfluxDB MCP Server

InfluxDB v2 MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes access to an InfluxDB v2 instance using the InfluxDB OSS API v2. Mostly built with Claude Code.

Features

This MCP server provides:

• Resources: Access to organization, bucket, and measurement data
• Tools: Write data, execute queries, and manage database objects
• Prompts: Templates for common Flux queries and Line Protocol format

Resources

The server exposes the following resources:

1. Organizations List: influxdb://orgs

   • Displays all organizations in the InfluxDB instance

2. Buckets List: influxdb://buckets

   • Shows all buckets with their metadata

3. Bucket Measurements: influxdb://bucket/{bucketName}/measurements

   • Lists all measurements within a specified bucket (uses INFLUXDB_ORG)

4. Query Data: influxdb://query/{orgName}/{fluxQuery}

   • Executes a Flux query and returns results as JSON (headers and one record per row, across all result tables)

Template variables (bucketName, orgName, fluxQuery) must be percent-encoded, e.g. with encodeURIComponent, so names containing spaces or / and multi-line queries survive the URI.

Tools

The server provides these tools:

1. write-data: Write time-series data in line protocol format

   • Parameters: org, bucket, data, precision (optional)
   • org and bucket are optional when INFLUXDB_ORG / INFLUXDB_BUCKET are set, and fall back to those values

2. query-data: Execute Flux queries

   • Parameters: org, query
   • org is optional when INFLUXDB_ORG is set, and falls back to that value

3. create-bucket: Create a new bucket

   • Parameters: name, orgID, retentionPeriodSeconds (optional, whole seconds; omit or pass 0 for infinite retention)

4. create-org: Create a new organization

   • Parameters: name, description (optional)

Prompts

The server offers these prompt templates:

1. flux-query-examples: Common Flux query examples
2. line-protocol-guide: Guide to InfluxDB line protocol format

Configuration

The server requires these environment variables:

• INFLUXDB_TOKEN (required): Authentication token for the InfluxDB API
• INFLUXDB_URL (optional): URL of the InfluxDB instance (defaults to http://localhost:8086)
• INFLUXDB_ORG (optional): Default organization name for certain operations. When set, org becomes optional on the write-data and query-data tools
• INFLUXDB_BUCKET (optional): Default bucket name. When set, bucket becomes optional on the write-data tool
• DEBUG (optional): Set to mcp:* to log every MCP message to stderr. This includes query text and written data, so leave it off in production

The following variables apply only to the Streamable HTTP transport (see HTTP transport security):

• MCP_HTTP_HOST (optional): Interface to listen on (defaults to 127.0.0.1; same as --host)
• MCP_AUTH_TOKEN (optional): When set, every request must send Authorization: Bearer <token>. Required to listen on a non-loopback interface
• MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS (optional): Comma-separated hostnames (ports are ignored) accepted in the Host header. Defaults to localhost,127.0.0.1,[::1] plus the bind address on loopback; unset means no Host check on other interfaces
• MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED (optional): Set to true to listen on a non-loopback interface without MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, e.g. behind a reverse proxy that authenticates for you
• MCP_HTTP_BODY_LIMIT (optional): Maximum request body size (defaults to 4mb; accepts b, kb or mb suffixes). Raise it for very large write-data batches

Requests to InfluxDB time out after 10 seconds (60 seconds for queries, 30 seconds for writes), including the time spent reading the response.

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install InfluxDB MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @idoru/influxdb-mcp-server --client claude

Option 1: Run with npx (recommended)

# Run directly with npx
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token npx influxdb-mcp-server

Option 2: Install globally

# Install globally
npm install -g influxdb-mcp-server

# Run the server
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token influxdb-mcp-server

Option 3: From source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/idoru/influxdb-mcp-server.git
cd influxdb-mcp-server

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run the server
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token npm start

Node.js 20 or later is required.

influxdb-mcp-server uses stdio transport by default. You can explicitly request it with --stdio, or start the server with Streamable HTTP transport by providing the --http option with an optional port number (defaults to 3000). This mode uses an internal Express.js server that listens on 127.0.0.1 unless --host is given:

# Start with Streamable HTTP transport on default port 3000
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token npm start -- --http

# Start with Streamable HTTP transport on a specific port
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token npm start -- --http 8080

If you installed globally or are using npx, you can run:

INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token influxdb-mcp-server --http
# or explicitly force stdio
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token influxdb-mcp-server --stdio
# or
INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token influxdb-mcp-server --http 8080

HTTP transport security

Anyone who can reach the HTTP endpoint can read and write InfluxDB with the server's INFLUXDB_TOKEN, so the HTTP transport is locked down by default:

• It listens on 127.0.0.1 only.
• On loopback it rejects requests whose Host header is not localhost, 127.0.0.1 or [::1], which blocks DNS rebinding attacks from websites open in your browser.
• It refuses to listen on any other interface unless MCP_AUTH_TOKEN is set (or MCP_HTTP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED=true).

To expose the server on your network, or from a container, require a bearer token:

INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token MCP_AUTH_TOKEN="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
  influxdb-mcp-server --http 3000 --host 0.0.0.0

Clients then send Authorization: Bearer <MCP_AUTH_TOKEN> with each request. Set MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS to the hostnames clients use to reach the server for additional DNS rebinding protection. Prefer terminating TLS in front of the server when it is reachable beyond your machine.

Docker

The image runs as the unprivileged node user and uses stdio by default:

docker build -t influxdb-mcp-server .
docker run --rm -i -e INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token -e INFLUXDB_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8086 influxdb-mcp-server

# Streamable HTTP inside a container must bind 0.0.0.0, so it needs a token
docker run --rm -p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 -e INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your_token -e MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=your_mcp_token \
  influxdb-mcp-server --http 3000 --host 0.0.0.0

Integration with Claude for Desktop

Add the server to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Using npx (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "influxdb": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["influxdb-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "INFLUXDB_TOKEN": "your_token",
        "INFLUXDB_URL": "http://localhost:8086",
        "INFLUXDB_ORG": "your_org",
        "INFLUXDB_BUCKET": "your_bucket"
      }
    }
  }
}

If installed locally

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "influxdb": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/influxdb-mcp-server/src/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "INFLUXDB_TOKEN": "your_token",
        "INFLUXDB_URL": "http://localhost:8086",
        "INFLUXDB_ORG": "your_org",
        "INFLUXDB_BUCKET": "your_bucket"
      }
    }
  }
}

Code Structure

The server code is organized into a modular structure:

• src/
  • index.js - CLI entry point (argument parsing and transport selection)
  • server.js - MCP server factory registering resources, tools and prompts
  • config/ - Configuration related files
    • env.js - Environment variable handling
    • http.js - HTTP transport options and safety checks
  • http/ - Streamable HTTP transport
    • app.js - Express app (Host validation, bearer auth, body limits)
  • utils/ - Utility functions
    • influxClient.js - InfluxDB API client with request timeouts
    • csv.js - Flux CSV response parser
    • flux.js - Flux string escaping and URI parameter decoding
    • loggerConfig.js - Console logger configuration and DEBUG tracing
    • traceTransport.js - MCP message tracing for DEBUG=mcp:*
  • handlers/ - Resource and tool handlers
    • organizationsHandler.js - Organizations listing
    • bucketsHandler.js - Buckets listing
    • measurementsHandler.js - Measurements listing
    • queryHandler.js - Query execution
    • writeDataTool.js - Data write tool
    • queryDataTool.js - Query tool
    • createBucketTool.js - Bucket creation tool
    • createOrgTool.js - Organization creation tool
  • prompts/ - Prompt templates
    • fluxQueryExamplesPrompt.js - Flux query examples
    • lineProtocolGuidePrompt.js - Line protocol guide

This structure allows for better maintainability, easier testing, and clearer separation of concerns.

Testing

The repository includes comprehensive tests that:

• Spin up a Docker container with InfluxDB
• Populate it with sample data
• Test all MCP server functionality
• Exercise the HTTP transport's Host validation, authentication and limits, and the CSV and Flux helpers, without Docker

To run the tests:

npm test

License

MIT