Manage Remote MCP Servers

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This guide is for Redpanda Cloud administrators who need to manage the lifecycle of Remote MCP servers.

Prerequisites

You must have an existing MCP server. If you do not have one, see Remote MCP Server Quickstart.

Edit an existing MCP server

You can update the configuration, resources, or metadata of a Remote MCP server at any time.

  1. In the Redpanda Cloud Console, navigate to Remote MCP.

  2. Find the MCP server you want to edit and click its name.

  3. Click Edit configuration.

  4. Make your changes.

  5. Click Save to apply changes.

Editing a running MCP server may cause a brief interruption. Review changes before deploying to production.

Stop (pause) an MCP server

Pausing a server stops all tool execution and releases compute resources, but preserves configuration and state.

  1. In the Remote MCP list, find the server you want to stop.

  2. Click the three dots and select Stop.

  3. Confirm the action.

While stopped, the server does not respond to MCP requests. Start it again to restore service.

Resume a stopped MCP server

  1. In the Remote MCP list, find the stopped server.

  2. Click the three dots and select Start.

  3. Wait for the status to show Running before reconnecting clients.

Delete an MCP server

Deleting a server is permanent and cannot be undone.

  1. In the Remote MCP list, find the server to delete.

  2. Click the three dots and select Delete.

  3. Confirm the deletion when prompted.

API and automation

All of these actions can also be performed using the Redpanda Cloud API version v1alpha3. See the OpenAPI specification file for endpoints to manage MCP servers.