Install the Virtual Appliance MCP Server

Install MCP server to manage and operate Virtual Appliance.

  1. Log into the cluster node console.
  2. Run the command to install services:
    Small Profile
    CODE 
    appdcli start mcp small
    Medium Profile
    CODE 
    appdcli start mcp medium
    Large Profile
    CODE 
    appdcli start mcp large
    Extra Large Profile
    CODE 
    appdcli start mcp xlarge
  3. Verify the status of the installed pods and service endpoints:
    Pods
    CODE 
    kubectl get pods -n cisco-mcp
    Endpoints
    CODE 
    appdcli status application

    Sample Output

    CODE 
    +-----------------------------------------+---------------+
|                 Service                 |    Status     |
+=========================================+===============+
| Hybrid Controller                       | Reachable     |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Controller                              | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Events                                  | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| EUM Collector                           | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| EUM Aggregator                          | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| EUM Screenshot                          | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Synthetic Shepherd                      | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Synthetic Scheduler                     | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Synthetic Feeder                        | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Metrics Reader                          | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Metrics Rollup and Purger               | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Data Ingestion                          | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Anomaly Detection / Root Cause Analysis | Success       |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Cisco Secure Application                | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Automated Transaction Diagnostics       | Success       |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| AI Insights / AI Assistant              | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Log Connect                             | Success       |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| Monitoring Agent                        | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| VA Model Context Protocol               | Success       |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+
| AppDynamics Model Context Protocol      | Not Installed |
+-----------------------------------------+---------------+

    You can also access the endpoint URL to verify the installation. See Verify the Service Endpoints Paths.

    See Anomaly Detection.
    Note: Sometimes, an IOException error occurs when you access Anomaly Detection in the Controller UI. See Troubleshoot Virtual Appliance Issues.