Deployment: Smithery config

[calclavia]

This PR adds files for deploying your MCP server on Smithery. After deployment, users can use your server over WebSockets (hosted on Smithery) without needing to install any dependencies.

Changes

• Added Dockerfile to package your server for deployment.
• Added Smithery Configuration file to specify how to start your server. See documentation.
• Updated README to include installation command via Smithery and a popularity badge. Note that the command only works after the server is deployed on Smithery.

Server Details

• Smithery ID: @elastic/mcp-server-elasticsearch
• Server Homepage: https://smithery.ai/server/@elastic/mcp-server-elasticsearch

Action Items

• Build Passing: We verified that the Docker builds and your server starts up using an automated test.
• Code Review: Please review the changes to ensure the configuration is accurate for your server.
• Claim Server: Head to your server page to claim your server. This will let you edit your server listing on Smithery and deploy new versions of your server.

[cla-checker-service]

💚 CLA has been signed

[jedrazb]

Hey @calclavia, thanks for your contribution! In order for us to be able to merge your changes, please sign the contributor agreement.

[jedrazb]

buildkite test this

[calclavia]

Hey @calclavia, thanks for your contribution! In order for us to be able to merge your changes, please sign the contributor agreement.

Just signed

[jedrazb]

Thank you, one more thing (as mentioned in #37 (comment)).

We prefer to build the image on top of Chainguard’s hardened Wolfi base image. Switching to the publicly available cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base:latest (example) would reduce our maintenance burden in the long run.

Once we have the repos Dockerfile ready, I will loop back to this PR (I assume dockerfile is required for Smithery, right?)

[calclavia]

Thank you, one more thing (as mentioned in #37 (comment)).

We prefer to build the image on top of Chainguard’s hardened Wolfi base image. Switching to the publicly available cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base:latest (example) would reduce our maintenance burden in the long run.

Once we have the repos Dockerfile ready, I will loop back to this PR (I assume dockerfile is required for Smithery, right?)

Yep! Dockerfile is required. Since I'm not familiar with the specific image needs, you can feel free to make this change to the Dockerfile: You should have permission on the branch to make PR. Thanks!

[JoshMock]

A Dockerfile has been added in #80/#82 that uses a public, Elastic-approved Wolfi image. Feel free to rebase this PR and just add the Smithery config.

[calclavia]

A Dockerfile has been added in #80/#82 that uses a public, Elastic-approved Wolfi image. Feel free to rebase this PR and just add the Smithery config.

done!

[JoshMock]

Looks good to me! I've not used Smithery before, but I'll set up an official page for it on their registry after merging.

[JoshMock]

https://smithery.ai/server/@elastic/mcp-server-elasticsearch/

[JoshMock]

It looks like that build failed. Dockerfile seems to have failed their tests.

Docs say:

We only support Linux Docker images on major distros (Alpine/Debian-based) and expect sh to run in your container. Other distros are untested and may not deploy.

I may need to add sh to the Dockerfile to ensure Smithery compatibility. Opened #85 to track.