A side-by-side look at the Netdata#Netdata and VMware Aria Operations MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Netdata#Netdata for monitoring work; choose VMware Aria Operations for monitoring as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
VMWARE_ARIA_CONFIG, VMWARE_ARIA_PROD_PASSWORD.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Not confirmed yet | Confirmed |
| Transport | — | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | VMWARE_ARIA_CONFIGVMWARE_ARIA_PROD_PASSWORD |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 80,824 | 3 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Netdata#Netdata | View VMware Aria Operations |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Netdata#Netdata yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
{
"mcpServers": {
"vmware-aria-operations": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"vmware-aria",
"vmware-aria"
],
"env": {
"VMWARE_ARIA_CONFIG": "YOUR_VMWARE_ARIA_CONFIG_HERE",
"VMWARE_ARIA_PROD_PASSWORD": "YOUR_VMWARE_ARIA_PROD_PASSWORD_HERE"
}
}
}
}
