Managing VMware Cloud Director via MCP Server: From API to Text Commands

This article explores an approach to automating routine tasks in VMware Cloud Director infrastructure using AI agents. The authors propose using an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to integrate the cloud environment with modern AI tools like Claude Code or Open Code. This allows administrators to delegate the creation of networks, virtual machines, and the configuration of Firewall and NAT rules to text commands, rather than performing hundreds of clicks in the UI. Special attention is paid to security: the authors explain how to configure interaction with the agent to limit its capabilities and prevent unwanted infrastructure changes. This solution enables efficient management of data centers or cloud tenants using the power of large language models without the need to write complex custom API wrappers, while maintaining strict control over AI actions.