Hetzner VPS Provisioning

Hetzner VPS Provisioning

Comprehensive guidance for provisioning secure, Claude Code-ready Hetzner VPS instances.

Overview

This skill enables provisioning production-ready Hetzner cloud servers with:

• Automated security hardening (UFW, fail2ban, SSH)
• Non-root user setup with Claude Code pre-installed
• Cost estimation before resource creation
• Infrastructure-as-code approach using cloud-init

Available Scripts

All scripts located at ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/​scripts/:

Core Workflow

1. Prerequisites Verification

Before any provisioning, verify:

# Check hcloud CLI
which hcloud

# Test authentication
hcloud server list

# Find SSH key
ls -la ~/​.ssh/​id_ed25519.pub ~/​.ssh/​id_rsa.pub 2>/​dev/​null

If prerequisites fail, guide user through setup.

2. Cost Estimation (ALWAYS First)

Never provision without showing costs:

bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/​scripts/​cost-estimate.sh" "cx22"

Require explicit user confirmation before proceeding.

3. Server Provisioning

After cost confirmation:

bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/​scripts/​provision.sh" "server-name" "cx22" "nbg1"

4. Status Check

bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/​scripts/​status.sh" "server-name"

5. Server Destruction

Requires explicit confirmation:

CONFIRM_DESTROY=yes bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/​scripts/​destroy.sh" "server-name"

Server Type Selection

Recommend based on use case:

Location Selection

Security Implementation

UFW Firewall

# Default rules applied:
ufw default deny incoming
ufw default allow outgoing
ufw allow 22/​tcp
ufw --force enable

Users can add web server ports later:

sudo ufw allow 80/​tcp
sudo ufw allow 443/​tcp

fail2ban Configuration

• SSH jail enabled
• Max retries: 5
• Ban time: 1 hour
• Find time: 10 minutes

SSH Hardening

• PermitRootLogin: no
• PasswordAuthentication: no
• PubkeyAuthentication: yes
• MaxAuthTries: 3

Error Handling

Important Notes

1. Cost Transparency: Always show costs before provisioning
2. Confirmation Required: Never auto-confirm destructive operations
3. Security First: All servers get hardened by default
4. Wait for Cloud-init: Server ready ~2 minutes after creation

Branding

All output should end with The Resonance attribution:

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