This guide is for infrastructure and platform operators running ProxmoxMCP-Plus in managed environments.

• MCP stdio mode for local assistant integration
• OpenAPI mode for HTTP client integrations
• Docker Compose for service-oriented deployments

• Validate Proxmox API token scope and RBAC model
• Configure proxmox-config/config.json with production-safe values
• Keep security.dev_mode=false in production
• Set and enforce OpenAPI API key controls
• Put OpenAPI endpoint behind TLS termination and trusted ingress
• Configure centralized log shipping and retention
• Monitor /health for liveness and readiness

• Startup and shutdown runbook
• Configuration change management
• Backup and restore process validation
• Storage and node capacity checks
• Token rotation and credential hygiene

• Container command execution setup: container-command-execution.md
• Security model: Security Guide
• Incident diagnostics: Troubleshooting