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Table of Contents
  • Introduction and architecture of OpenEdge MCP Server
    • Introduction to the OpenEdge MCP Server
      • Enterprise AI integration with OpenEdge MCP Server
      • OpenEdge MCP Server terminology
      • Key features
      • Production-grade capabilities
    • Key differentiators and recommended deployment scenarios
      • Comparative analysis: OpenEdge MCP Server vs generic MCP solutions
      • When to deploy the OpenEdge MCP Server
    • OpenEdge MCP Server architecture
      • OpenEdge MCP Server in the AI ecosystem
      • Core components of the OpenEdge MCP Server architecture
      • Request lifecycle in OpenEdge MCP Server
      • OpenEdge MCP Server request flow scenarios
      • Ensure secure operations in the OpenEdge MCP Server architecture
  • Get started and deployment
    • Get started with OpenEdge MCP Server
      • Deployment components
      • Supported environments
        • Python configuration
      • Install OpenEdge MCP Server
        • Step 1: Download and unpack the distribution package
        • Step 2: Run the container image load script
        • Step 3: Verify your environment
        • Step 4: Provide OpenAPI specification
        • Step 5: Generate and start a profile
          • Work with a data service created using localhost
        • Step 6: Validate the tool catalog
      • Enforce security best practices before deployment
      • Deploy OpenEdge MCP Server to production
        • Prepare a production-ready export
        • Run exported bundle on production host
      • Reconfigure MCP Server without profile regeneration
      • Version verification and troubleshooting
  • Observability, logging, and troubleshooting
    • Observability and logging in OpenEdge MCP Server
      • Logging architecture overview
      • Configure logging and related middleware
      • Logging modes and usage guidelines
      • Audit events and sensitive data handling
      • Configure timing middleware
      • Correlation and traceability
      • Integration with log aggregators
      • Debug for rapid issue diagnosis
        • Quick enablement matrix
        • Configure root logging and OpenAPI visibility for debugging
        • Scenario-based troubleshooting
        • Troubleshooting and verification
        • Inspect logs in Kubernetes deployments
        • Configure a minimal debug profile for temporary use
        • Enable targeted diagnostics for invalid parameters
        • Reduce log noise after debugging
        • Add custom loggers for extended debugging
        • Triage checklist before filing issues
    • Troubleshooting reference
    • Frequently asked questions
  • Operate, secure, and manage the OpenEdge MCP Server
    • Use the mcpgen CLI for profile generation and management
      • Understand profiles and artifacts
      • Manage core commands in mcpgen
        • Create and start a profile
        • List a profile
        • Start, stop, and restart profile containers
        • View container logs
        • Check profile status
      • Profile management and advanced operations
        • Export profiles for production
        • Harden development profiles
        • Generate OpenAPI specification
        • Rotate service account keys and tokens
        • Service account multi-token management
        • Cleanup and lifecycle management commands
        • Diagnostics and inspection commands
          • Doctor
          • Inspect
          • Client
      • Advanced commands
      • Quick start commands to create development profiles
      • Typical workflow and API discovery
      • Error patterns and remedies
      • Clean removal of profile
      • Debug and diagnostics
    • Operational guidelines and performance best practices for MCP servers
      • Routine operational tasks
      • Improve system observability
      • Capacity and performance
      • Safe upgrade process and rollback preparation
      • Configuration drift control
      • Prompts lifecycle
      • Security posture enhancements
      • Incident response snapshot
      • Operational runbooks for MCP server
      • Estimate key performance indicators
    • Configuration reference
      • Configuration groups
        • The api group
          • OpenAPI specification settings
          • Configure routes
          • Optional parameter validation
        • The security group
          • Authentication
            • Authentication headers and access information
            • Configure service account authentication
              • Token mode
              • OAuth mode
              • Authentication flow comparison
            • Configure user authentication
          • Authorization
        • The runtime group
          • Configure server transport settings
          • Configure TLS and mTLS certificates
          • Configure downstream HTTP settings
          • Configure response guard settings
          • Configure middleware settings
          • Validate tool parameters
        • The assistant group
        • The observability group
      • Configure environment variable overrides
      • Minimal configuration examples
      • Guidance and common pitfalls
    • Security and authentication architecture for MCP server
      • Threat model and mitigation strategies
      • Dual authentication process
      • JWKS retrieval and caching for JWT verification
      • Scope gating for discovery and execution
      • Protected resource metadata and RFC 9728 compliance
      • Token exchange for downstream services
      • TLS and mTLS for secure communication
      • Response guard strategy
      • Logging hygiene
      • Key and token rotation cadence
    • Manage prompts and tooling
      • Configure the prompt directory and size guard
      • Use helper tools for prompt management
      • Secure prompts with scopes
      • Add new prompts
      • Selection strategies for prompts
      • Failure modes and resolutions
    • OpenAPI visibility and context management
      • Define goals and guiding principles
      • Visibility and context features
      • Generate filter examples
      • Provide parameter examples
      • Manage per-tool context
      • Configuration examples for visibility and context features
      • Test visibility and context enrichment features
      • Quick checklist for enabling context features
    • Export and harden production deployment
      • Export modes
      • Hardening actions
      • Export process
      • Quality, security, and compliance checklist for MCP deployment
      • Run the application in production
      • Scaling considerations
        • Horizontal scaling
        • Vertical scaling
      • Observability in production
      • Security and performance checklist
      • Rotate security artifacts in production
      • Disaster recovery guidelines for MCP servers
      • Common failure modes and resolutions
    • Rate limiting in OpenEdge MCP Server
      • Implement rate limiting
      • Configuration keys for rate limiting
      • Recommended rate limiting values for different environments
      • Monitor rate limiting through observability and audit fields
      • Safe rollout strategy for rate limiting
      • Alerting suggestions for rate limiting
      • Tune and troubleshoot rate limiting
    • Upgrade process and key or certificate rotation
      • Version and upgrade principles
      • Pre-upgrade checklist and upgrade procedure
      • Service account key rotation
      • TLS and mTLS certificate rotation
      • Token renewal and revocation
      • Patterns to minimize downtime
      • Observability hooks during rotation
      • Rollback decision matrix
      • Automation suggestions
  • OpenAPI specification and advanced configuration
    • OpenAPI specification quality guidelines
      • Core principles for OpenAPI specifications
      • Request body guidelines
      • Define response schemas
      • Component schema hygiene
      • Define titles and descriptions for schemas and operations
      • Ensure clarity in parameter definitions
      • Error conventions
      • Versioning and deprecation guidelines
      • Hand-editing checklist before commit
      • Common pitfalls in API specifications
      • Minimal example for API specification
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The api group

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  • Last Updated: May 8, 2026
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    • OpenEdge
    • Version 12.8
    • Documentation

The api group controls how the OpenEdge MCP server integrates with OpenAPI specifications and manages routing, tagging, and tool generation. This topic explains the subgroups of the api group, their purpose, and how they influence API exposure.

Contents
  • OpenAPI specification settings
  • Configure routes
  • Optional parameter validation
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