CipherTrust Manager MCP Server

⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an unofficial, independently-developed project that is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Thales Group or any of its subsidiaries. This project uses publicly available APIs and interfaces to interact with CipherTrust Manager.

This project implements an independently-developed CipherTrust MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that allows AI Assistants like Claude or Cursor to interact with CipherTrust Manager resources using the ksctl CLI.

Important Notice

This is an independent, open-source project. Please note:

⚠️ Not officially supported by Thales
✅ Uses public APIs and documented interfaces
🔧 Independently maintained
📝 Use at your own risk - test thoroughly in your environment
💼 No warranty - see license for full terms

For official CipherTrust Manager support, please contact Thales directly.

Features

The MCP server exposes a set of tools and endpoints for clients (such as Claude Desktop and Cursor) to interact with CipherTrust resources. Supported operations include:

Key management
CTE client management
User management
Connection management
And more

Benefits:

Unified interface for AI assistants to interact with CipherTrust Manager
Support for key management, connection management, CTE client management, and more
JSON-RPC communication over stdin/stdout
Configurable via environment variables

Prerequisites

Git
Python 3.11 or higher
uv for dependency management
Access to a CipherTrust Manager instance
Valid CipherTrust Manager credentials

Installing Git (Windows)

If you don't have Git installed on Windows, follow these steps:

Download and install Git for Windows: https://git-scm.com/download/win

Or install via winget:

winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget

Verify installation - Open PowerShell and execute:
```
git --version
```
You should see the installed Git version.

Installing Python and uv

Method 1: Manual Installation

1. Download Python

# Open PowerShell as Administrator (optional)
cd $env:USERPROFILE\Downloads
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.12.4/python-3.12.4-amd64.exe" -OutFile "python-installer.exe"

2. Run the Installer

.\python-installer.exe /quiet InstallAllUsers=1 PrependPath=1 Include_test=0

3. Verify Installation

Open a new terminal and run:

python --version
pip --version

4. Install uv

pip install uv
uv --version

5. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/sanyambassi/ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server.git
cd ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server

6. Create a Virtual Environment and Install Dependencies

uv venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -e .

Method 2: Using winget (Windows)

1. Install Python with winget

winget install --id Python.Python.3.12 --source winget --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements

2. Close and Reopen PowerShell

This ensures Python is available in your PATH.

3. Verify Installation

python --version
pip --version

4. Install uv

pip install uv
uv --version

5. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/sanyambassi/ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server.git
cd ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server

6. Create a Virtual Environment and Install Dependencies

uv venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
uv pip install -e .

Configuration

(Optional) Copy and Edit the Example Environment File

Example .env:

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your CipherTrust Manager details

You can also set these as environment variables directly instead of using a .env file.

Example .env content:

CIPHERTRUST_URL=https://your-ciphertrust-manager.example.com
CIPHERTRUST_USER=admin
CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD=your-password-here

Usage

⚠️ Important: Before starting, either the environment variable or .env should contain a valid CipherTrust Manager URL.

You have two main ways to run the CipherTrust MCP Server:

Method 1: Direct Execution

uv run ciphertrust-mcp-server

This runs the main() function in ciphertrust_mcp_server/__main__.py.

Method 2: Module Execution

uv run python -m ciphertrust_mcp_server.__main__

Testing

This project includes comprehensive testing capabilities using the Model Context Protocol Inspector and Python unit tests.

Quick Testing

# Manual JSON-RPC testing (direct stdin/stdout)
uv run ciphertrust-mcp-server
# Then send JSON-RPC commands (see TESTING.md for details)
# Interactive UI testing (opens browser interface)
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run ciphertrust-mcp-server
# Quick CLI testing
# Get tools
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli --config tests/mcp_inspector_config.json --server ciphertrust-local --method tools/list
# Get system information
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli --config tests/mcp_inspector_config.json --server ciphertrust-local --method tools/call --tool-name system_information --tool-arg action=get
# Get 2 keys
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector --cli --config tests/mcp_inspector_config.json --server ciphertrust-local --method tools/call --tool-name key_management --tool-arg action=list --tool-arg limit=2

Available Testing Methods

🔧 Manual JSON-RPC Testing: Direct stdin/stdout communication for debugging and development
🖥️ Interactive UI Testing: Visual web interface for manual testing and debugging
⚡ CLI Automated Testing: Command-line automation for CI/CD integration
🧪 Python Unit Tests: Comprehensive unit testing for server components
🔗 Integration Tests: End-to-end testing with real CipherTrust Manager instances

NPM Scripts

After creating a package.json file:

npm run test:inspector:ui     # Open interactive testing interface
npm run test:inspector:cli    # Run automated CLI tests
npm run test:python          # Run Python unit tests
npm run test:full           # Run complete test suite

Comprehensive Testing Guide

📖 For detailed testing instructions, see TESTING.md

🔧 For example AI assistant prompts, see EXAMPLE_PROMPTS.md

The testing guide covers:

Complete setup and configuration
Advanced testing scenarios

The example prompts include:

Key management operations
User and group management
System and service management
Cluster management
License management
CTE operations
Crypto operations
And more practical scenarios

Integration with AI Assistants

Using with Cursor

1. Configure Cursor

Go to Settings > MCP Tools > Add Custom MCP
Add the following contents in the config file (e.g., mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ciphertrust": {
      "command": "Path to your project folder/ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server/.venv/bin/ciphertrust-mcp-server",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "CIPHERTRUST_URL": "https://your-ciphertrust.example.com",
        "CIPHERTRUST_USER": "admin",
        "CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD": "your-password-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use the .venv\Scripts\ciphertrust-mcp-server.exe path and double backslashes:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ciphertrust": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server\\.venv\\Scripts\\ciphertrust-mcp-server",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "CIPHERTRUST_URL": "https://your-ciphertrust.example.com",
        "CIPHERTRUST_USER": "admin",
        "CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD": "your-password-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. Apply Configuration

Disable and Re-enable the CipherTrust MCP server in Cursor to apply the changes.

Using with Claude Desktop

1. Locate or create the Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add or update the MCP server configuration:

macOS/Linux Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ciphertrust": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server/.venv/bin/ciphertrust-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "CIPHERTRUST_URL": "https://your-ciphertrust.example.com",
        "CIPHERTRUST_USER": "admin",
        "CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD": "your-password-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windows Example:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ciphertrust": {
      "command": "C:\\absolute\\path\\to\\ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server\\.venv\\Scripts\\ciphertrust-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "CIPHERTRUST_URL": "https://your-ciphertrust.example.com",
        "CIPHERTRUST_USER": "admin",
        "CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD": "your-password-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adjust the path to match your actual project location and environment.

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes.

Environment Variables

Set these in your shell or in a .env file in the project root:

Variable Name	Description	Required/Default
`CIPHERTRUST_URL`	CipherTrust Manager URL (http/https)	Required
`CIPHERTRUST_USER`	CipherTrust Manager username	Required
`CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD`	CipherTrust Manager password	Required
`CIPHERTRUST_NOSSLVERIFY`	Disable SSL verification (true/false)	`false`
`CIPHERTRUST_TIMEOUT`	Timeout for CipherTrust requests (seconds)	`30`
`CIPHERTRUST_DOMAIN`	Default CipherTrust domain	`root`
`CIPHERTRUST_AUTH_DOMAIN`	Authentication domain	`root`
`KSCTL_PATH`	Path to ksctl binary	`~/.ciphertrust-mcp/ksctl`
`KSCTL_CONFIG_PATH`	Path to ksctl config file	`~/.ksctl/config.yaml`
`LOG_LEVEL`	Logging level (DEBUG, INFO)	`INFO`

Example .env file:

CIPHERTRUST_URL=https://your-ciphertrust.example.com
CIPHERTRUST_USER=admin
CIPHERTRUST_PASSWORD=yourpassword
CIPHERTRUST_NOSSLVERIFY=false
CIPHERTRUST_TIMEOUT=30
CIPHERTRUST_DOMAIN=root
CIPHERTRUST_AUTH_DOMAIN=root
KSCTL_PATH=
KSCTL_CONFIG_PATH=
LOG_LEVEL=INFO

Troubleshooting

Successful startup logs:

The server is designed to be run as a subprocess by MCP clients (like Claude Desktop or Cursor) and communicates via JSON-RPC over stdin/stdout.
You'll see log output like in the AI assistant's MCP log:

2025-06-16 02:22:30,462 - ciphertrust_mcp_server.server - INFO - Starting ciphertrust-manager v0.1.0
2025-06-16 02:22:30,838 - ciphertrust_mcp_server.server - INFO - Successfully connected to CipherTrust Manager
2025-06-16 02:22:30,838 - ciphertrust_mcp_server.server - INFO - MCP server ready and waiting for JSON-RPC messages on stdin...

Dependencies

The pyproject.toml file includes these dependencies:

mcp>=1.0.0
pydantic>=2.0.0
pydantic-settings>=2.0.0
httpx>=0.27.0
python-dotenv>=1.0.0

If you encounter issues, ensure all dependencies are installed and up-to-date.

Project Structure

ciphertrust-manager-mcp-server/
├── src
│   ├── ciphertrust_mcp_server/     # Main server code
├── tests/                      	# Testing configuration and unit tests
│   ├── mcp_inspector_config.json
│   ├── test_scenarios.json
│   ├── test_server.py
│   └── test_integration_simple.py
├── scripts/                    	# Testing and utility scripts
│   ├── test_with_inspector.bat
│   ├── test_with_inspector.sh
│   └── run_tests.py
├── docs/                      		# Additional documentation
├── TESTING.md                  	# Comprehensive testing guide
├── EXAMPLE_PROMPTS.md          	# Example prompts for AI assistants
├── README.md                   	# This file
├── pyproject.toml             		# Python dependencies
└── package.json               		# Node.js dependencies for testing

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. While this started as a personal project, contributions help make it better for everyone.

Legal

Trademark Notice

CipherTrust® and related trademarks are the property of Thales Group and its subsidiaries. This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Thales Group.

No Warranty

This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Use at your own risk.

Support

This is an independent project. For official CipherTrust Manager support, please contact Thales directly. For issues with this unofficial MCP server, please use the GitHub issue tracker.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

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Table of Contents

Important Notice

Features

Prerequisites

Installing Git (Windows)

Installing Python and uv

Method 1: Manual Installation

1. Download Python

2. Run the Installer

3. Verify Installation

4. Install uv

5. Clone the Repository

6. Create a Virtual Environment and Install Dependencies

Method 2: Using winget (Windows)

1. Install Python with winget

2. Close and Reopen PowerShell

3. Verify Installation

4. Install uv

5. Clone the Repository

6. Create a Virtual Environment and Install Dependencies

Configuration

(Optional) Copy and Edit the Example Environment File

Usage

Method 1: Direct Execution

Method 2: Module Execution

Testing

Quick Testing

Available Testing Methods

NPM Scripts

Comprehensive Testing Guide

Integration with AI Assistants

Using with Cursor

1. Configure Cursor

2. Apply Configuration

Using with Claude Desktop

1. Locate or create the Claude Desktop config file:

2. Add or update the MCP server configuration:

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Environment Variables

Troubleshooting

Successful startup logs:

Dependencies

Project Structure

Contributing

Legal

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