Cheap Self-Hosted Kubernetes on Hetzner Cloud

The article describes terraform-hcloud-kube-hetzner, an open-source Terraform project that enables cost-effective deployment of production-ready Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner Cloud, a German infrastructure provider known for high-performance hardware at competitive prices. The solution balances ease of use, reliability, and affordability by automating cluster provisioning, networking, load balancing, and node management while integrating Hetzner's native tools like the hcloud CSI driver and Cloud Controller Manager. The approach uses MicroOS as a lightweight operating system base, reducing unnecessary overhead compared to traditional server distributions.