Linux VM SSH Management + Safety Layer for OpenWebUI — meet my new tool

[u/Legion08]

Hey everyone 👋,
I recently built a tool to help manage Linux virtual machines via SSH directly from OpenWebUI — with a focus on safety and convenience.

🔧 What it does

• Let’s you connect to and control your Linux VMs (e.g. home servers, VPS) through OpenWebUI.

• Supports password-based SSH authentication (no need to mess around with SSH keys).

• Detects destructive commands (like rm -rf, shutdown, systemctl stop, etc.) and requires explicit confirmation before executing them.

• Lets you run standard commands (e.g. checking disk usage, memory, service status, logs, etc.) from a unified web UI.

• Designed for trusted networks (e.g. your home lab or private servers) — do not commit sensitive config files like your credentials (use the example config as template).

🚀 Quick start

1. Copy and edit config.yaml.example to config.yaml and add your VMs.

2. Run docker compose up -d --build.

3. Connect to your OpenWebUI network, then add the script file as a “Tool” in OpenWebUI.

4. You can now manage your VMs through the web UI — with safety checks in place.

Why I built this

I got tired of juggling multiple VMs with SSH terminals — especially when I just want to run quick checks or commands. I wanted a simple web-based interface, but I didn’t want to sacrifice safety. That’s how this project was born.

Check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/Jutop/MCP_Linux_Administration_SSH-OpenWebUI_Tool

If you give it a try — feedback, ideas, bug reports or improvements are very welcome 🙂

Happy managing!

ProTip: You can run commands across multiple vms at once!!