Labspace - MCP Gateway

This Labspace provides an overview of the MCP Gateway, which provides the ability to run containerized MCP servers safely and securely.

Learning objectives

This Labspace will teach you the following:

• Learn about the Docker MCP Gateway
• Learn how to run the MCP Gateway with a simple MCP server
• Securely inject secrets into MCP servers
• Filter tools to reduce noise and save tokens
• Learn how to connect the MCP Gateway to your application using popular agentic frameworks

Launch the Labspace

To launch the Labspace, run the following command:

docker compose -f oci://dockersamples/labspace-mcp-gateway up -d

And then open your browser to http://localhost:3030.

Using the Docker Desktop extension

If you have the Labspace extension installed (docker extension install dockersamples/labspace-extension if not), you can also click this link to launch the Labspace.