Hetzner

Hetzner provider requires credentials token field in string format, and Hetzner DNS provider requires apitoken field in string format.

Compute example

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: hetzner-secret
data:
  credentials: a3NsSVNBODc4YTZldFlBZlhZY2c1aVl5ckZHTmxDeGNJQ28wNjBIVkV5Z2pGczIxbnNrZTc2a3NqS2tvMjFscA==
type: Opaque

DNS example

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: hetznerdns-secret
data:
  apitoken: a1V0UmcxcGdqQ1JhYXBQbWQ3cEFJalZnaHVyWG8xY24=
type: Opaque

Create Hetzner API credentials

You can create Hetzner API credentials by following this guide. The required permissions for the zone you want to use are:

Read & Write

Create Hetzner DNS credentials

You can create Hetzner DNS credentials by following this guide.

DNS provider specification

The provider for DNS is different from the one for the Cloud.

DNS setup

If you wish to use Hetzner as your DNS provider where Claudie creates DNS records pointing to Claudie managed clusters, you will need to create a public DNS zone by following this guide.

Hetzner is not my domain registrar

If you haven't acquired a domain via Hetzner and wish to utilize Hetzner for hosting your zone, you can refer to this guide on Hetzner nameservers. However, if you prefer not to use the entire domain, an alternative option is to delegate a subdomain to Hetzner.

Input manifest examples

Single provider, multi region cluster example

Create a secret for Hetzner provider

The secret for an Hetzner provider must include the following mandatory fields: credentials.

kubectl create secret generic hetzner-secret-1 --namespace=mynamespace --from-literal=credentials='kslISA878a6etYAfXYcg5iYyrFGNlCxcICo060HVEygjFs21nske76ksjKko21lp'

apiVersion: claudie.io/v1beta1
kind: InputManifest
metadata:
  name: HetznerExampleManifest
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: claudie
spec:
  providers:
    - name: hetzner-1
      providerType: hetzner
      secretRef:
        name: hetzner-secret-1
        namespace: mynamespace

  nodePools:
    dynamic:
      - name: control-hetzner
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-1
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: hel1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: hel1-dc2
        count: 1
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04

      - name: compute-1-hetzner
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-1
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: fsn1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: fsn1-dc14
        count: 2
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04
        storageDiskSize: 50

      - name: compute-2-hetzner
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-1
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: nbg1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: nbg1-dc3
        count: 2
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04
        storageDiskSize: 50

  kubernetes:
    clusters:
      - name: hetzner-cluster
        version: v1.24.0
        network: 192.168.2.0/24
        pools:
          control:
            - control-hetzner
          compute:
            - compute-1-hetzner
            - compute-2-hetzner

Multi provider, multi region clusters example

Create a secret for Hetzner provider

The secret for an Hetzner provider must include the following mandatory fields: credentials.

kubectl create secret generic hetzner-secret-1 --namespace=mynamespace --from-literal=credentials='kslISA878a6etYAfXYcg5iYyrFGNlCxcICo060HVEygjFs21nske76ksjKko21lp'
kubectl create secret generic hetzner-secret-2 --namespace=mynamespace --from-literal=credentials='kslIIOUYBiuui7iGBYIUiuybpiUB87bgPyuCo060HVEygjFs21nske76ksjKko21l'

apiVersion: claudie.io/v1beta1
kind: InputManifest
metadata:
  name: HetznerExampleManifest
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: claudie
spec:
  providers:
    - name: hetzner-1
      providerType: hetzner
      secretRef:
        name: hetzner-secret-1
        namespace: mynamespace
    - name: hetzner-2
      providerType: hetzner
      secretRef:
        name: hetzner-secret-2
        namespace: mynamespace        

  nodePools:
    dynamic:
      - name: control-hetzner-1
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-1
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: hel1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: hel1-dc2
        count: 1
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04

      - name: control-hetzner-2
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-2
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: fsn1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: fsn1-dc14
        count: 2
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04

      - name: compute-hetzner-1
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-1
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: fsn1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: fsn1-dc14
        count: 2
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04
        storageDiskSize: 50

      - name: compute-hetzner-2
        providerSpec:
          # Name of the provider instance.
          name: hetzner-2
          # Region of the nodepool.
          region: nbg1
          # Datacenter of the nodepool.
          zone: nbg1-dc3
        count: 2
        # Machine type name.
        serverType: cpx11
        # OS image name.
        image: ubuntu-22.04
        storageDiskSize: 50

  kubernetes:
    clusters:
      - name: hetzner-cluster
        version: v1.24.0
        network: 192.168.2.0/24
        pools:
          control:
            - control-hetzner-1
            - control-hetzner-2
          compute:
            - compute-hetzner-1
            - compute-hetzner-2