[ANNOUNCE] mcp-lifecycle-operator v0.1.0 is released

[Carlos Arango Gutierrez]

Hello everyone,

We are pleased to announce the first release of mcp-lifecycle-operator v0.1.0, a Kubernetes operator for managing the lifecycle of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.

Release Notes & Download:

https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/mcp-lifecycle-operator/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Highlights:

• MCPServer Custom Resource: Declarative management of MCP server deployments, services, and configuration.

• Runtime Configuration: Configurable replicas (including scale-to-zero), resource requirements/limits, and path-based routing.

• Security: Restricted Pod Security Standard by default, with configurable security contexts at both the pod and container levels.

• Storage: Support for ConfigMap, Secret, and EmptyDir volume mounts, featuring duplicate mount path validation.

• Environment Variables: Support for env vars and envFrom, including Secret/ConfigMap reference validation.

• Health Probes: Integrated liveness and readiness probes.

• Status Reporting: Server-side apply for status updates, and address URLs with configurable paths.

• Observability: OpenTelemetry SDK integration.

Getting Started:

Please refer to the project README and sample configurations for usage examples.

Contributors:

A huge thanks to all the contributors who made this release possible: @aliok, @ArangoGutierrez, @Cali0707, @jaideepr97, @matzew, @mikebrow, @mrunalp, and @soltysh.

Feedback and contributions are always welcome—please feel free to file issues on the GitHub repository.

Best regards,

Carlos Eduardo Arango Gutierrez

On behalf of the mcp-lifecycle-operator maintainers