get_ha_status
Get HA manager status (active, quorum, manager status).
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What get_ha_status does on Proxmox MCP Server
AI agents call get_ha_status to retrieve information from Proxmox MCP Server without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_ha_status is rated Low
This tool retrieves high availability manager status information (whether the HA manager is active, quorum state, and overall manager status). It performs a read-only query with no side effects—no creation, modification, deletion, or execution of commands. The information returned helps monitor cluster health but does not alter any infrastructure state.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_ha_status' and description 'Get HA manager status (active, quorum, manager status)' indicate a query operation that retrieves status information without modifying infrastructure state.
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The rule that runs get_ha_status safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Proxmox MCP Server, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_ha_status, this is the rule to start with:
get_ha_status is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Proxmox MCP Server, apply this rule, and every get_ha_status call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_ha_status
Get HA manager status (active, quorum, manager status). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Proxmox MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Proxmox MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_ha_status: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Proxmox MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_ha_status is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_ha_status rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_ha_status. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_ha_status is provided by the Proxmox MCP Server MCP server (gethosthewalrus/proxmox-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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