Hetzner Cloud Builder

Type: hcloud

The hcloud Packer builder is able to create new images for use with Hetzner Cloud. The builder takes a source image, runs any provisioning necessary on the image after launching it, then snapshots it into a reusable image. This reusable image can then be used as the foundation of new servers that are launched within the Hetzner Cloud.

The builder does not manage images. Once it creates an image, it is up to you to use it or delete it.

Configuration Reference

There are many configuration options available for the builder. They are segmented below into two categories: required and optional parameters. Within each category, the available configuration keys are alphabetized.

In addition to the options listed here, a communicator can be configured for this builder.

Required Builder Configuration options:

token (string) - The client TOKEN to use to access your account. It can also be specified via environment variable HCLOUD_TOKEN, if set.
image (string) - ID or name of image to launch server from. Alternatively you can use image_filter.
location (string) - The name of the location to launch the server in.
server_type (string) - ID or name of the server type this server should be created with.

Optional:

endpoint (string) - Non standard api endpoint URL. Set this if you are using a Hetzner Cloud API compatible service. It can also be specified via environment variable HCLOUD_ENDPOINT.
image_filter (object) - Filters used to populate the filter field. Example:
```
{
  "image_filter": {
    "with_selector": ["name==my-image"],
    "most_recent": true
  }
}
```
This selects the most recent image with the label name==my-image. NOTE: This will fail unless exactly one AMI is returned. In the above example, most_recent will cause this to succeed by selecting the newest image.
- with_selector (list of strings) - label selectors used to select an image. NOTE: This will fail unless exactly one image is returned. Check the official hcloud docs on Label Selectors for more info.
- most_recent (boolean) - Selects the newest created image when true. This is most useful if you base your image on another packer build image.
You may set this in place of image, but not both.
server_name (string) - The name assigned to the server. The Hetzner Cloud sets the hostname of the machine to this value.
snapshot_name (string) - The name of the resulting snapshot that will appear in your account as image description. Defaults to packer-{{timestamp}} (see configuration templates for more info). If you want to reference the image as a sample in your terraform configuration please use the image id or the snapshot_labels.
snapshot_labels (map of key/value strings) - Key/value pair labels to apply to the created image.
poll_interval (string) - Configures the interval in which actions are polled by the client. Default 500ms. Increase this interval if you run into rate limiting errors.
user_data (string) - User data to launch with the server. Packer will not automatically wait for a user script to finish before shutting down the instance this must be handled in a provisioner.
user_data_file (string) - Path to a file that will be used for the user data when launching the server.
ssh_keys (array of strings) - List of SSH keys by name or id to be added to image on launch.
rescue (string) - Enable and boot in to the specified rescue system. This enables simple installation of custom operating systems. linux64 linux32 or freebsd64

Basic Example

Here is a basic example. It is completely valid as soon as you enter your own access tokens:

{
  "builders": [
    {
      "type": "hcloud",
      "token": "YOUR API KEY",
      "image": "ubuntu-18.04",
      "location": "nbg1",
      "server_type": "cx11",
      "ssh_username": "root"
    }
  ]
}