Connect to and Query Vertica Databases

MCP Vertica

🏆 First implementation of Vertica MCP Server • Learn more

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A Vertica MCP(model-context-protocol) Server

Example: MCP Server Setting

Create or edit the file your mcp client config file with the following content:

UVX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vertica": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-vertica"],
      "env": {
        "VERTICA_HOST": "localhost",
        "VERTICA_PORT": 5433,
        "VERTICA_DATABASE": "VMart",
        "VERTICA_USER": "dbadmin",
        "VERTICA_PASSWORD": "test_password",
        "VERTICA_CONNECTION_LIMIT": 10,
        "VERTICA_SSL": false,
        "VERTICA_SSL_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Or with args

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vertica": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-vertica",
        "--host=localhost",
        "--db-port=5433",
        "--database=VMart",
        "--user=dbadmin",
        "--password=test_password",
        "--connection-limit=10"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vertica": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "nolleh/mcp-vertica"],
      "env": {
        "VERTICA_HOST": "localhost",
        "VERTICA_PORT": 5433,
        "VERTICA_DATABASE": "VMart",
        "VERTICA_USER": "dbadmin",
        "VERTICA_PASSWORD": "test_password",
        "VERTICA_CONNECTION_LIMIT": 10,
        "VERTICA_SSL": false,
        "VERTICA_SSL_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Features

Database Connection Management

• Connection pooling with configurable limits
• SSL/TLS support
• Automatic connection cleanup
• Connection timeout handling

Query Operations

• Execute SQL queries
• Stream large query results in batches
• Copy data operations
• Transaction management

Schema Management

• Table structure inspection
• Index management
• View management
• Constraint information
• Column details

Security Features

• Operation-level permissions (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DDL)
• Schema-specific permissions
• SSL/TLS support
• Password masking in logs

Tools

Database Operations

1. execute_query

   • Execute SQL queries
   • Support for all SQL operations

2. stream_query

   • Stream large query results in batches
   • Configurable batch size

3. copy_data

   • Bulk data loading using COPY command
   • Efficient for large datasets

Schema Management

1. get_table_structure

   • Get detailed table structure
   • Column information
   • Constraints

2. list_indexes

   • List all indexes for a table
   • Index type and uniqueness
   • Column information

3. list_views

   • List all views in a schema
   • View definitions

Configuration

Environment Variables

VERTICA_HOST=localhost
VERTICA_PORT=5433
VERTICA_DATABASE=VMart
VERTICA_USER=newdbadmin
VERTICA_PASSWORD=vertica
VERTICA_CONNECTION_LIMIT=10
VERTICA_SSL=false
VERTICA_SSL_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED=true

Operation Permissions

ALLOW_INSERT_OPERATION=false
ALLOW_UPDATE_OPERATION=false
ALLOW_DELETE_OPERATION=false
ALLOW_DDL_OPERATION=false

Schema Permissions

SCHEMA_INSERT_PERMISSIONS=schema1:true,schema2:false
SCHEMA_UPDATE_PERMISSIONS=schema1:true,schema2:false
SCHEMA_DELETE_PERMISSIONS=schema1:true,schema2:false
SCHEMA_DDL_PERMISSIONS=schema1:true,schema2:false

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Vertica Database Connector for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @nolleh/mcp-vertica --client claude

Installing Manually

Open your favorite mcp client's config file, then configure with uvx mcp-vertica

Example: Mcp Server Setting

Development

Debug Mode

When running with Docker, you can enable debug logging by setting the DEBUG environment variable:

# Run with maximum verbosity (-vvv)
docker run -e DEBUG=3 -e VERTICA_HOST=localhost ... nolleh/mcp-vertica:latest

# Run with medium verbosity (-vv)
docker run -e DEBUG=2 -e VERTICA_HOST=localhost ... nolleh/mcp-vertica:latest

# Pass additional arguments
docker run -e EXTRA_ARGS="--connection-limit=20" -e VERTICA_HOST=localhost ... nolleh/mcp-vertica:latest

In docker-compose.yml:

environment:
  DEBUG: 3  # 0=none, 1=-v, 2=-vv, 3=-vvv
  EXTRA_ARGS: "--connection-limit=20"  # Optional additional arguments

Appendix: For Testing, VerticaDB Docker Compose Example

version: "3.8"

services:
  vertica:
    # image: vertica/vertica-ce:11.1.0-0
    image: vertica/vertica-ce:latest
    platform: linux/amd64
    container_name: vertica-ce
    environment:
      VERTICA_MEMDEBUG: 2
    ports:
      - "5433:5433"
      - "5444:5444"
    volumes:
      - vertica_data:/home/dbadmin/VMart
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD",
          "/opt/vertica/bin/vsql",
          "-h",
          "localhost",
          "-d",
          "VMart",
          "-U",
          "dbadmin",
          "-c",
          "SELECT 1",
        ]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5
      start_period: 30s
    restart: unless-stopped

  mcp-vertica:
    image: nolleh/mcp-vertica:latest
    container_name: mcp-vertica
    ports:
      - "8081:8081"
    environment:
      # Transport mode
      TRANSPORT: http
      PORT: 8081
      # Debug settings (0=none, 1=-v, 2=-vv, 3=-vvv)
      DEBUG: 3  # Set to 3 for maximum verbosity
      # Extra command line arguments (optional)
      # EXTRA_ARGS: "--some-flag"
      # Vertica connection settings
      VERTICA_HOST: vertica
      VERTICA_PORT: 5433
      VERTICA_DATABASE: VMart
      VERTICA_USER: dbadmin
      VERTICA_PASSWORD: ""
      VERTICA_CONNECTION_LIMIT: 10
      VERTICA_SSL: "false"
    depends_on:
      vertica:
        condition: service_healthy

volumes:
  vertica_data:
    driver: local

Then run server by following instruction Example: Mcp Server Setting,
Then see everything works as fine