DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean App Platform builds your Dockerfile straight from a GitHub repository and redeploys on every push to the branch you choose.

Every platform needs the same settings from your server: listen on all interfaces (HOST=0.0.0.0), use the port the platform expects (PORT), run over HTTP (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE=http), and point the health check at /mcp/health. Docker explains each one.

App spec

Add this spec to your repository and create the app from it in the DigitalOcean dashboard, or with doctl apps create --spec .do/app.yaml. Set the value of JWT_SECRET in the dashboard.

# .do/app.yaml
name: my-mcp-server
services:
  - name: web
    github:
      repo: your-org/your-repo
      branch: main
    dockerfile_path: Dockerfile
    http_port: 3000
    envs:
      - key: HOST
        value: 0.0.0.0
      - key: MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE
        value: http
      - key: JWT_SECRET
        value: ${JWT_SECRET}
        type: SECRET
    health_check:
      http_path: /mcp/health

Clients connect to https://<your-app>.ondigitalocean.app/mcp.

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