Hetzner

Purpose

Design, deploy, and manage Hetzner infrastructure (Cloud and Dedicated) using Terraform, hcloud CLI, Robot API, and best practices for instances, networking, Kubernetes (K3s, Rancher), and storage/backup.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "Hetzner", "Hetzner Cloud", "HCloud", "Hetzner Dedicated", "Hetzner Robot", "server auction", "K3s", "Rancher", "Storage Box", "hcloud CLI", "Terraform Hetzner", "cluster-api", "CSI driver", "vSwitch", "Cloud Firewall", "placement group", "rescue mode".

Input Context

Before activating, verify:

• Hetzner project type (Cloud vs. Dedicated vs. hybrid).
• Region and data center (nbg1, fsn1, hel1, ash, hil).
• Authentication method (API token for Cloud, Robot user/pass for Dedicated).
• OS image preference (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, custom image).
• Budget constraints (Cloud hourly vs. Dedicated monthly).