- deploy-hetzner-cloud.md — CX22/CAX11 (€3.79/mo verified), hcloud TF - deploy-vps-generic.md — provider-agnostic cloud-init + SSH first-contact - security-ssh-hardening.md — sshd_config.d/99-kei.conf baseline matrix - security-firewall-ufw.md — ufw default-deny + rate limiting + intent YAML - security-tls-caddy.md — Caddy 2 auto-ACME, HTTP-01 / DNS-01, systemd - security-audit-logging.md — auditd rules + journald persistence - security-patching.md — unattended-upgrades + needrestart + reboot window All blocks reference RULE 0.8 env-var-only secrets and cite provider specifics per RULE 0.4. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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DEPLOY — Hetzner Cloud (CX22 / CAX11 + TF + Cloud Firewall)
Why Hetzner: cheapest EU VPS with reputable network. CX22 (x86, 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB) = €3.79/mo + VAT; CAX11 (Ampere ARM64, 2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB) = €3.79/mo + VAT. Prices verified on https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ [VERIFIED 2026-04-21]. Hourly billing caps at the monthly rate — safe to spin down for tests.
Terraform provider: hetznercloud/hcloud (official). Pin version:
terraform {
required_providers {
hcloud = { source = "hetznercloud/hcloud", version = "~> 1.49" }
}
}
provider "hcloud" { token = var.hcloud_token }
Token via env: export HCLOUD_TOKEN=$(grep ^HCLOUD_TOKEN ~/.claude/secrets/.env | cut -d= -f2). NEVER commit the token (RULE 0.8 — see domain-has-secrets.md).
Minimal hcloud_server resource:
resource "hcloud_server" "node" {
name = "kei-${var.env}-${var.role}"
image = "debian-12"
server_type = var.arch == "arm64" ? "cax11" : "cx22"
location = var.location # fsn1 / nbg1 / hel1 / ash / hil / sin
ssh_keys = [hcloud_ssh_key.admin.id]
user_data = file("${path.module}/cloud-init.yaml")
firewalls { firewall_id = hcloud_firewall.base.id }
labels = { project = "kei", env = var.env }
}
ssh_keys is mandatory — passing it disables the root password e-mail path.
Cloud Firewall (stateful, IN by default DENY):
resource "hcloud_firewall" "base" {
name = "kei-base"
rule { direction = "in" protocol = "tcp" port = "22" source_ips = var.admin_cidrs }
rule { direction = "in" protocol = "icmp" source_ips = ["0.0.0.0/0", "::/0"] }
# Add app ports (443, 80) only when an app is deployed behind the node.
}
Attach to the server via firewalls { firewall_id = … }. Cloud Firewall is the FIRST line of defense — it drops traffic before it hits the VM's ufw (see security-firewall-ufw.md). Both layers MUST agree.
Locations: fsn1 (Falkenstein DE), nbg1 (Nürnberg DE), hel1 (Helsinki FI), ash (Ashburn US), hil (Hillsboro US), sin (Singapore). Pick region closest to users; ARM64 cax* available in EU only [VERIFIED 2026-04-21].
Snapshots + rescue: hcloud_snapshot for golden images; hcloud server enable-rescue before SSH lockout recovery. Back up user_data and TF state (remote backend: S3-compatible such as R2).
Primitives provided by KeiSeiKit:
_primitives/provision-hetzner.sh— wrapper aroundhcloudCLI, idempotent create/destroy, checks existing server by name first.- Complement with
_primitives/harden-base.shrun over SSH after first boot.
Forbidden: hcloud token in .tf or .tfvars committed to git; Cloud Firewall with port 22 open to 0.0.0.0/0; creating servers with keep_disk = false then snapshotting (destroys data); using Hetzner Storage Boxes for anything needing low latency (they're SFTP-over-WAN).