A side-by-side look at the VMware Aria and MCP Registry Monitor MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose VMware Aria for monitoring work as a local process; choose MCP Registry Monitor for monitoring over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
VMWARE_ARIA_CONFIG, VMWARE_ARIA_PROD_PASSWORD.MCP_WATCH_DATABASE_URL.list_mcp_servers, search_mcp_servers.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Monitoring | Monitoring |
| Quality signal | 52/100 · Good | 53/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | other | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | VMWARE_ARIA_CONFIGVMWARE_ARIA_PROD_PASSWORD | MCP_WATCH_DATABASE_URL |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 3 | 30 |
| Directory activity | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 2 |
| Full listing | View VMware Aria | View MCP Registry Monitor |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
list_mcp_serversList popular MCP serverssearch_mcp_serversSearch MCP serversPaste 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.
{
"mcpServers": {
"zw008-vmware-aria": {
"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"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-registry-monitor": {
"url": "https://modelcontextprotocol.name/mcp/mcp-notify"
}
}
}