TractorBeeam365 MCP

A Model Context Protocol server for Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 (VB365). It talks directly to the VB365 REST API so an MCP client (Claude Code / Claude Desktop) can review your backup configuration, find protection gaps, spot trends, verify cloud immutability — and, when you explicitly opt in, run jobs and orchestrate restores.

Independent project — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Veeam Software. "Veeam" is a registered trademark of Veeam Software; the "Beeam" spelling is a deliberate, distinct play on words. Use at your own risk.

🔱 The name: a tractor beam pulls your data back in — and Beeam winks at the backup product underneath. Read-only review is the safe default; the "pull" (restore/actions) is opt-in.

Two tiers

If you never set the TB_* flags, this is a pure read-only reviewer that physically cannot modify your environment — the action/restore tools aren't even registered.

Quick deploy (prebuilt image)

No clone or build required. From v2.2.0 the image is published multi-arch (amd64 + arm64) to GitHub Container Registry and Docker Hub, so it runs natively on x86 servers, Apple Silicon, and ARM boxes (Raspberry Pi, ARM cloud). On an ARM host, pin the :2.2.0 (or later) tag until a multi-arch :latest has been published.

Persistent HTTP service (Docker Compose)

Grab two files and start it:

curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ringosystems/TractorBeeam-MCP/main/docker-compose.deploy.yml
curl -fsSL  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ringosystems/TractorBeeam-MCP/main/.env.example -o .env
# Edit .env: set VB365_HOST / VB365_USERNAME / VB365_PASSWORD and a long MCP_AUTH_TOKEN.
docker compose -f docker-compose.deploy.yml up -d

MCP is then live at http://<host>:8766/mcp. Attach a client with the bearer token you set:

claude mcp add --transport http tractorbeeam365 http://<host>:8766/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <your MCP_AUTH_TOKEN>"

Update later:

docker compose -f docker-compose.deploy.yml pull && docker compose -f docker-compose.deploy.yml up -d

Unraid (one click)

In Unraid open Docker → Add Container, and paste this template URL into the Template field:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ringosystems/TractorBeeam-MCP/main/deploy/unraid/tractorbeeam365.xml

Fill in VB365_HOST, VB365_USERNAME, VB365_PASSWORD, and a long MCP_AUTH_TOKEN, then Apply. The audit and downloads folders map under /mnt/user/appdata/tractorbeeam365/.

Single MCP client, no service (stdio)

For a client that launches the server itself, run the image on demand over stdio:

docker run -i --rm \
  -e VB365_HOST=... -e VB365_USERNAME=... -e VB365_PASSWORD=... \
  ghcr.io/ringosystems/tractorbeeam-mcp:latest

Read-only tools (always available)

Action / Restore tools (opt-in, gated)

Registered only when the matching flag is set. Two-call confirm pattern: call once to get a preview + a one-time confirm_token; call again with confirm=<token> to execute. Every execution is appended to TB_AUDIT_LOG.

Restore: define what, where, how

restore_session_start(scope="job", scope_id="<jobId>", workload="exchange")
   → { session_id }                         # opens a point-in-time explore session
restore_browse(session_id)                  # list mailboxes
restore_browse(session_id, parent_id=<mailboxId>)   # list items in a mailbox
restore_define(session_id, parent_id=<mailboxId>, item_ids=[...], target="export")
   → { confirm_token, preview }             # DRY RUN — nothing changed
restore_execute(session_id, confirm=<confirm_token>)   # executes + audits
restore_session_stop(session_id)

• target = export (safest — reads backup to a local file; no M365 creds), alternate (writes to a different M365 location), or original (writes back to the original location — destructive; also pass confirm_overwrite_original=True).
• options may carry an alternate mailbox/folder and the M365 target credentials VB365 uses to write back (userName/userPassword/applicationId), or set VB365_RESTORE_* in .env.
• PST export requires 64-bit Outlook 2010+ installed on the VB365 server (a Veeam requirement); without it, exportToPst returns a server-side error.

Setup

1. Install Python 3.10+ where Claude Code runs.

2. From this folder:

   powershell

   python -m venv .venv
   .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in VB365_HOST, VB365_USERNAME, VB365_PASSWORD (keep VB365_PORT=4443, VB365_API_VERSION=v8 unless yours differ). Optionally add GRAPH_*, B2_*/S3_*, and the TB_* flags.

   The REST API account needs to be a VB365 administrator (or restore operator) — VB365 has no read-only API role. The read-only review tools are GET-only regardless. New-VB365ReviewAccount.ps1 creates a dedicated service account on the VB365 server. Keep .env out of source control.

Register with Claude Code

# Replace <repo> with the absolute path to your clone.
claude mcp add tractorbeeam365 --scope user -- "<repo>\.venv\Scripts\python.exe" "<repo>\server.py"

On Linux/macOS use forward slashes and <repo>/.venv/bin/python.

It is also published to the MCP Registry as io.github.Ringosystems/tractorbeeam-mcp (an OCI image on GHCR), so MCP clients that support the registry can install it directly. To run the published image as a stdio server:

docker run -i --rm \
  -e VB365_HOST=... -e VB365_USERNAME=... -e VB365_PASSWORD=... \
  ghcr.io/ringosystems/tractorbeeam-mcp:latest

Then ask: "Run a VB365 health summary and tell me if anything is misconfigured."

Enabling the action / restore tier

The action/restore tools stay hidden until you opt in. In .env:

TB_ENABLE_ACTIONS=true        # master switch
TB_ALLOW_JOB_CONTROL=true     # + any of the per-category flags you want
TB_ALLOW_RESTORE=true
TB_AUDIT_LOG=audit/actions.jsonl

The action/restore tools are not registered over an HTTP transport unless you also set TB_ALLOW_WRITE_OVER_HTTP=true, because that transport has no per-caller identity. Run the operator tier over stdio, or only behind your own authenticating reverse proxy.

Safety model: tools are only registered when enabled, every mutation needs a second call with a one-time confirm token, restores default to a safe target (original-location overwrite needs an explicit acknowledgement), and every action is written to an append-only audit log. Recommended: run a separate "operator" instance with the flags on, and the default instance read-only.

Run as a persistent service (Docker / UNRAID)

The image itself defaults to the stdio transport (so MCP clients can docker run -i it). Via docker compose it runs streamable-http on 0.0.0.0:8000 inside the container, read-only (no TB_* flags). No credentials are baked in. The HTTP transport fails closed: it refuses to start unless you set MCP_AUTH_TOKEN (clients then send Authorization: Bearer <token>), or you explicitly accept the risk with MCP_ALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_HTTP=true.

# Put MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=<a long random secret> in .env first.
docker compose up -d --build          # builds locally and runs read-only
# MCP is live at http://<host>:8766/mcp ; attach with:
claude mcp add --transport http tractorbeeam365 http://<host>:8766/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

Prebuilt images

Each GitHub Release publishes a multi-arch, multi-tag image via CI (.github/workflows/publish.yml) to GHCR, Docker Hub, and the MCP Registry. The full release runbook is in PUBLISHING.md.

# GitHub Container Registry (published automatically on every release):
docker pull ghcr.io/ringosystems/tractorbeeam-mcp:latest
# Docker Hub (published when the DOCKERHUB_USERNAME / DOCKERHUB_TOKEN repo
# secrets are configured):
docker pull ringosystems/tractorbeeam365-mcp:latest

To publish manually instead:

docker build -t <dockerhubuser>/tractorbeeam365-mcp:latest .
docker push <dockerhubuser>/tractorbeeam365-mcp:latest

Security: the MCP HTTP transport has no per-caller identity. This build binds loopback by default, requires MCP_AUTH_TOKEN before it will serve HTTP, and hides the write/restore tools over HTTP unless TB_ALLOW_WRITE_OVER_HTTP=true. Still keep the port on a trusted network and front it with TLS + auth. The audit log and any generated PST/report files live in the mounted audit/ and downloads/ volumes. See SECURITY.md.

Quick connectivity test (no MCP client needed)

.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
python -c "import server; print(server.vb365_api_root())"

Notes

• .gitignore excludes .env, the venv, and the operator-tier audit/, downloads/, *.pst artifacts. Never commit credentials or restored data.
• VB365 ships a self-signed cert, so VB365_VERIFY_SSL defaults to false. That leaves the link to VB365 open to an active man-in-the-middle, so prefer setting VB365_CA_BUNDLE to the server's certificate (verification on against it), or VB365_VERIFY_SSL=true with a trusted cert. The server warns at startup when the channel is unverified.
• Endpoint names vary slightly by VB365 version. If a curated tool 404s, call vb365_api_root and use vb365_get with the exact resource name.

Trademarks

This is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of the companies below. Product names are used only for identification (nominative use).

• "Veeam" is a registered trademark of Veeam Software. The "Beeam" spelling is a deliberate, distinct wordplay and is not the trademark.
• Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, Outlook, and the Office Deployment Tool are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.
• Backblaze and B2 are trademarks of Backblaze, Inc.
• Amazon Web Services, AWS, Amazon S3, and S3 Glacier are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
• Wasabi, IBM and IBM Cloud, Azure, and Google Cloud are trademarks of their respective owners.

License

Released under the MIT License. See SECURITY.md for the security model and reporting, CONTRIBUTING.md to contribute, and PUBLISHING.md for how releases are built and published.