MCP_Architecture
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Overview
Provides comprehensive architectural guidelines and implementation standards for developing secure, scalable, and maintainable enterprise Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling AI applications to securely interact with external systems and data sources.
Installation
uvicorn mcp_server.server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000Environment Variables
- ENVIRONMENT
- LOG_LEVEL
- DB_HOST
- DB_NAME
- DB_USER
- DB_PASSWORD
- REDIS_HOST
- REDIS_PORT
- REDIS_PASSWORD
- JWT_SECRET
- OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
- OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
- MCP_PORT
- JAEGER_HOST
- JAEGER_PORT
- RATE_LIMIT_ENABLED
- RATE_LIMIT_REQUESTS_PER_MINUTE
Security Notes
The architecture explicitly promotes a multi-layered security model including OAuth 2.1 authorization with PKCE, JWT authentication, RBAC, and capability-based access control. It mandates robust input validation, PII detection/masking, audit logging, and the use of security headers. Containerization best practices (non-root users, dropped capabilities, read-only filesystems) are enforced. Crucially, it prohibits STDIO transport in production environments and requires external secret management via services like AWS Secrets Manager or Vault for credentials, preventing hardcoded secrets.
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