HetznerCluster

In HetznerCluster you can define everything related to the general components of the cluster as well as those properties, which are valid cluster-wide.

There are two different modes for the cluster. A pure HCloud cluster and a cluster that uses Hetzner dedicated (bare metal) servers, either as control planes or as workers.

The HCloud cluster works with Kubeadm and supports private networks.

In a cluster that includes bare metal servers there are no private networks, as this feature has not yet been integrated in cluster-api-provider-hetzner. Apart from SSH, the node image has to support cloud-init, which we use to provision the bare metal machines.

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In clusters with bare metal servers, you need to use this CCM , as the official one does not support bare metal.

Here you can find more information regarding the handling of SSH keys. Some of them are specified in HetznerCluster to have them cluster-wide, others are machine-scoped.

Usage without HCloud Load Balancer

It is also possible not to use the cloud load balancer from Hetzner. This is useful for setups with only one control plane, or if you have your own cloud load balancer.

Using controlPlaneLoadBalancer.enabled=false prevents the creation of a hcloud load balancer. Then you need to configure controlPlaneEndpoint.port=6443 & controlPlaneEndpoint.host , which should be a domain that has A records configured pointing to the control plane IP for example.

If you are using your own load balancer, you need to point towards it and configure the load balancer to target the control planes of the cluster.

Overview of HetznerCluster.Spec

Key Type Default Required Description
hcloudNetwork object no Specifies details about Hetzner cloud private networks
hcloudNetwork.enabled bool yes States whether network should be enabled or disabled
hcloudNetwork.cidrBlock string "10.0.0.0/16" no Defines the CIDR block
hcloudNetwork.subnetCidrBlock string "10.0.0.0/24" no Defines the CIDR block of the subnet. Note that one subnet ist required
hcloudNetwork.networkZone string "eu-central" no Defines the network zone. Must be eu-central, us-east or us-west
controlPlaneRegions []string []string{fsn1} no This is the base for the failureDomains of the cluster
sshKeys object no Cluster-wide SSH keys that serve as default for machines as well
sshKeys.hcloud []object no SSH keys for hcloud
sshKeys.hcloud.name string yes Name of SSH key
sshKeys.hcloud.fingerprint string no Fingerprint of SSH key - used by the controller
sshKeys.robotRescueSecretRef object no Reference to the secret where the SSH key for the rescue system is stored
sshKeys.robotRescueSecretRef.name string yes Name of the secret
sshKeys.robotRescueSecretRef.key object yes Details about the keys used in the data of the secret
sshKeys.robotRescueSecretRef.key.name string yes Name is the key in the secret's data where the SSH key's name is stored
sshKeys.robotRescueSecretRef.key.publicKey string yes PublicKey is the key in the secret's data where the SSH key's public key is stored
sshKeys.robotRescueSecretRef.key.privateKey string yes PrivateKey is the key in the secret's data where the SSH key's private key is stored
controlPlaneEndpoint object no Set by the controller. It is the endpoint to communicate with the control plane
controlPlaneEndpoint.host string yes Defines host
controlPlaneEndpoint.port int 32 yes Defines port
controlPlaneLoadBalancer object yes Defines specs of load balancer
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.enabled bool true no Specifies if a load balancer should be created
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.name string no Name of load balancer
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.algorithm string round_robin no Type of load balancer algorithm. Either round_robin or least_connections
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.type string lb11 no Type of load balancer. One of lb11, lb21, lb31
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.port int 6443 no Load balancer port. Must be in range 1-65535
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.extraServices []object no Defines extra services of load balancer
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.extraServices.protocol string yes Defines protocol. Must be one of https, http, or tcp
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.extraServices.listenPort int yes Defines listen port. Must be in range 1-65535
controlPlaneLoadBalancer.extraServices.destinationPort int yes Defines destination port. Must be in range 1-65535
hcloudPlacementGroup []object no List of placement groups that should be defined in Hetzner API
hcloudPlacementGroup.name string yes Name of placement group
hcloudPlacementGroup.type string type no Type of placement group. Hetzner only supports 'spread'
hetznerSecret object yes Reference to secret where Hetzner API credentials are stored
hetznerSecret.name string yes Name of secret
hetznerSecret.key object yes Reference to the keys that are used in the secret, either hcloudToken or hetznerRobotUser and hetznerRobotPassword need to be specified
hetznerSecret.key.hcloudToken string no Name of the key where the token for the Hetzner Cloud API is stored
hetznerSecret.key.hetznerRobotUser string no Name of the key where the username for the Hetzner Robot API is stored
hetznerSecret.key.hetznerRobotPassword string no Name of the key where the password for the Hetzner Robot API is stored
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