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Run MCP Servers In Seconds With Docker

Pradumna Saraf on June 23, 2025

Model Context Protocol (MCP) has taken the AI world by storm. It has become the de facto standard for how an AI Agent connect with tools, services,...
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Shivay Lamba

Very good!

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Pradumna Saraf

Thanky you!

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James McMorrough

Is there a way to get this running inside a docker container exposing a URL endpoint so I can connect my OpenWebUI models? I'm not a fan of the VSCode based MCP Client offerings... The catalog implementation is outstandingly good, I just want them running npt just as STDIO. I really hope someone out there can help...

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CXwudi

supergateway?

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Alex Ilies

Tried the whole day today to figured it out. Did you found a way?

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Noel Earvin Piamonte

Cool. I really like the idea of container and MCP server. But anyone have success in using this in VS Code with GitHub Copilot? I even tried just context7 MCP server and Copilot says found 0 tools.

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Pradumna Saraf

Try running docker mcp client connect vscode if you are facing any issue!

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brokenJar

Link for docker model runner?

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Idan Fishman

github.com/idanfishman/prometheus-mcp

Prometheus mcp that actually worth trying :)

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