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Server Management is the tenant-wide approval layer for MCP servers. It decides which servers show up when someone builds a Gateway or Deployment, for everyone in your organization. Find it at https://airia.ai/settings/mcp-servers. The list combines two sources: Airia’s built-in server catalogue and any custom servers your organization has added. Server Management controls availability, not connection. It decides which servers your org can use. Configuring an individual server’s connection details or credentials happens separately, when you add that server to a Gateway or Deployment.

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Default Mode vs. Custom Mode

Your organization is always in one of two modes.
Default ModeCustom Mode
What’s enabledEvery catalogue server marked AvailableOnly the servers you approve, including Preview servers
New GA serversBecome usable automatically as Airia adds themStay off until you approve them
How you enter itThe starting stateAutomatically, the moment you approve or revoke any server
To discard your custom selections and hand the enabled list back to Airia, use Reset to Default. This re-enables every Available server and drops your custom choices.
Reset to Default is not reversible. It discards every approval and revocation you’ve made. Confirm your selections before you use it.

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The server list

Each row is a single server, from either the catalogue or your custom servers.
ColumnWhat it shows
ServerIcon, name, status badge, and description. The header also shows how many servers are enabled out of your total, for example “14 of 1200 servers enabled globally.”
CategoryThe server’s category, used for filtering.
FeaturedA star that pins an approved server to the top of the picker users see. Available only after a server is approved, and not shown for custom servers.
StatusThe Approve / Approved control. This is the main switch that turns a server on or off for your organization.
Use the search box and the Category, Featured, and Status filters above the table to narrow a long list. Each row has an actions menu for viewing server details, and for custom servers, editing or deleting them.

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Server status badges

StatusMeaning
AvailableProduction-ready and fully tested. Stable and recommended for all users.
PreviewHas not gone through thorough quality testing, but initial testing is promising.
Coming SoonAn official third-party server that exists but is in active development by the provider. Potentially usable, but server-side bugs are not uncommon.
DeprecatedBeing phased out.
CustomA server your organization added itself, rather than one from Airia’s catalogue.

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Approve and revoke servers

Approving a server makes it usable in Gateways and Deployments across your organization.
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Approve a single server

Click Approve on the server’s row. The control becomes an Approved badge with a small remove action next to it.
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Revoke a server

Click the remove action on the Approved badge to make the server unavailable again.
3

Act on several servers at once

Turn on Bulk Edit to add a checkbox to each row and a bar at the bottom of the screen with Approve servers and Remove approvals actions. Select the servers you want, choose an action, then click Save Changes.
A server that a Gateway or Deployment currently uses can’t have its approval removed until you take it out of those Gateways and Deployments first. If you try, Airia shows you exactly which Gateways or Deployments are using it.

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Feature servers

Once a server is approved, mark it as Featured with the star icon. Featured servers are pinned near the top of the server picker your users see when building Gateways and Deployments, so your organization’s most important integrations are easier to find. A server must be approved before it can be featured, and featuring is not available for custom servers.

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Restricted servers

Some catalogue servers are marked Restricted and aren’t visible to every organization by default, similar to an early-access or partner integration. If Airia has granted you access to a Restricted server, use Add Restricted Server and enter the server’s library ID. It then appears in your server list like any other catalogue server. The same dialog removes access when you no longer need it.

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Manage custom servers

Custom servers you’ve added can be edited or deleted from the row’s actions menu, unlike catalogue servers. Deleting a custom server that one or more Gateways currently use checks that usage first and warns you which Gateways will be affected before you proceed. To add a new custom server, see Custom MCP Servers.

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Who can access Server Management

Server Management is available to the Platform Admin, Admin, and Security Admin roles. If your organization uses custom roles, access is controlled instead by the dedicated MCP server management permissions assigned to that role.

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Troubleshooting

Cause: A Gateway or Deployment is still using the server. Approval can’t be revoked while it’s in use.Fix: Remove the server from the Gateways and Deployments Airia lists, then revoke its approval. The list of affected Gateways and Deployments appears when you attempt the revoke.
Cause: Your organization is in Custom Mode, so new GA servers stay off until you approve them.Fix: Approve the server on its row, or use Reset to Default to return to letting Airia enable every Available server automatically.
Cause: The server isn’t approved yet, or it’s a custom server. Featuring is only available for approved catalogue servers.Fix: Approve the server first. If it’s a custom server, featuring isn’t supported.
Cause: The server may be Restricted, or it isn’t in Airia’s catalogue.Fix: If Airia has granted you access to a Restricted server, use Add Restricted Server with its library ID. Otherwise, add it as a custom server.

Custom MCP Servers

Add a server that isn’t in Airia’s catalogue

Gateway/Deployment Creation

Put approved servers behind a Gateway or Deployment

Deployments vs. Gateways

Decide which connection model fits your use case

MCP Monitoring

Inspect tool calls, denials, and errors