docs: sync server start command options with code#1894
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Add missing --outgoing-auth-strategy, --dangerously-write-support-logs-to-dir, and --cloud options to the Server Start Command Options table in azmcp-commands.md. Fix --transport description to document both stdio and http transport values. Refs #231 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Updates Azure MCP Server command documentation to remove drift from the current azmcp server start option set and behavior as implemented in ServiceOptionDefinitions.
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--transportdocumentation to describe bothstdioandhttptransports. - Added missing
azmcp server startoptions (--outgoing-auth-strategy,--dangerously-write-support-logs-to-dir,--cloud) to the options table. - Added security-warning and usage guidance sections for newly documented “dangerous” options and auth/cloud behavior.
- Fix typo: 'exiting' → 'existing' for --namespace description - Clarify --transport http is only available in Docker/HTTP-enabled builds - Clarify --cloud custom URL only changes auth authority, not ARM endpoints - Clarify UseOnBehalfOf requires authenticated HTTP (not just HTTP transport) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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* docs: sync server start options with code Add missing --outgoing-auth-strategy, --dangerously-write-support-logs-to-dir, and --cloud options to the Server Start Command Options table in azmcp-commands.md. Fix --transport description to document both stdio and http transport values. Refs microsoft#231 Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> * docs: address review feedback on server start options - Fix typo: 'exiting' → 'existing' for --namespace description - Clarify --transport http is only available in Docker/HTTP-enabled builds - Clarify --cloud custom URL only changes auth authority, not ARM endpoints - Clarify UseOnBehalfOf requires authenticated HTTP (not just HTTP transport) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Summary
Fixes documentation drift in
servers/Azure.Mcp.Server/docs/azmcp-commands.mdwhere the Server Start Command Options table was missing options that exist in code (ServiceOptionDefinitions.cs).Changes
Fixed
--transportdescription: Removed outdated claim thatstdiois the only supported transport. Now documents bothstdio(local CLI) andhttp(Docker/remote scenarios).Added missing options to the Server Start Command Options table
--outgoing-auth-strategy: Documents all 3 valid values (NotSet,UseHostingEnvironmentIdentity,UseOnBehalfOf) with explanation of each strategy.--dangerously-write-support-logs-to-dir: Documents the support logging option with security warning (mirrors existing--dangerously-disable-elicitationwarning style).--cloud: Documents sovereign cloud support (AzureCloud,AzureChinaCloud,AzureUSGovernment, custom URL) with example usage.Verification
All option names, defaults, descriptions, and valid values verified against source code in:
core/Microsoft.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Options/ServiceOptionDefinitions.cscore/Microsoft.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Options/OutgoingAuthStrategy.cscore/Microsoft.Mcp.Core/src/Areas/Server/Options/TransportTypes.csCloses #231