Install Unitrends Backup in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_UNITRENDS_BASE_URL,YOUR_UNITRENDS_USERNAME,YOUR_UNITRENDS_PASSWORD.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env UNITRENDS_BASE_URL=YOUR_UNITRENDS_BASE_URL --env UNITRENDS_USERNAME=YOUR_UNITRENDS_USERNAME --env UNITRENDS_PASSWORD=YOUR_UNITRENDS_PASSWORD --transport stdio unitrends-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e UNITRENDS_BASE_URL -e UNITRENDS_USERNAME -e UNITRENDS_PASSWORD ghcr.io/wyre-ai/unitrends-mcp:v1.1.5 - Replace
YOUR_UNITRENDS_BASE_URL,YOUR_UNITRENDS_USERNAME,YOUR_UNITRENDS_PASSWORDwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of unitrends-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.