Our Hetzner Cloud Development Services
Alpina Tech builds production infrastructure on Hetzner Cloud for teams that need reliable compute without hyperscaler pricing. We handle everything from initial server provisioning through Kubernetes orchestration and ongoing automation — using infrastructure-as-code from day one.
Cloud Server Provisioning & Architecture
We design server topologies matched to your workload:
- Cloud server selection — vCPU, dedicated, and ARM instances sized to actual demand
- Private network architecture with subnets, firewalls, and internal DNS
- Load balancer configuration for high-availability deployments
- Placement groups and server labels for organized multi-environment setups
- Floating IPs and failover configuration for critical services
Kubernetes on Hetzner (k3s / Managed)
For containerized workloads, we deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters:
- k3s clusters on Hetzner Cloud servers — lightweight, production-ready, cost-efficient
- Hetzner Cloud Controller Manager and CSI driver integration for native load balancers and volumes
- Ingress configuration with cert-manager for automatic TLS
- Helm-based application deployments with GitOps (ArgoCD or Flux)
- Node autoscaling via Cluster Autoscaler with Hetzner provider
Infrastructure as Code & Automation
Every Hetzner resource we create is defined in code:
- Terraform modules for servers, networks, firewalls, volumes, and DNS
- Ansible playbooks for server configuration, package management, and hardening
- Packer images for pre-built server templates with your runtime stack
- CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) triggering infrastructure changes on merge
We cover the full automation stack beyond Hetzner-specific tooling.
Migration to Hetzner Cloud
We migrate workloads from AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean, or bare-metal:
- Infrastructure audit and Hetzner resource mapping
- Server migration with rsync, image snapshots, or containerization
- Database migration (PostgreSQL, MySQL) with replication-based cutover
- DNS transition and CDN reconfiguration (Cloudflare, Fastly)
- Cost comparison report — before and after migration
Security & Backup Configuration
Hetzner gives you the building blocks. We assemble them into a secure environment:
- Firewall rules with least-privilege access policies
- SSH key management and bastion host setup
- Automated snapshot schedules and off-site backup to Hetzner Storage Box
- Fail2ban, UFW, and OS-level hardening via Ansible
- Monitoring alerts for unauthorized access attempts
How We Approach Hetzner Projects
Assessment & Cost Modeling
We evaluate your compute, storage, and network requirements and model the cost on Hetzner versus your current provider. Most teams see 50–70% savings compared to AWS or GCP for equivalent workloads.
Infrastructure Design
We define the entire environment in Terraform — servers, networks, firewalls, DNS. You review the architecture as pull requests before anything is provisioned.
Provisioning & Deployment
Infrastructure goes live incrementally. We validate each layer — networking, compute, storage, application — before building the next.
Hardening & Handoff
We lock down security, configure monitoring, and document the setup. Your team gets Terraform state, Ansible playbooks, and runbooks for independent operation.
Technology Stack on Hetzner Cloud
Compute & Orchestration
- Hetzner Cloud Servers — CX, CPX, CAX (ARM) instances for flexible compute
- k3s — lightweight Kubernetes for container orchestration
- Docker — container runtime for application packaging
- Hetzner Load Balancers — L4/L7 traffic distribution with health checks
Infrastructure & Automation
- Terraform (hcloud provider) — infrastructure-as-code for all Hetzner resources
- Ansible — server configuration management and OS hardening
- Packer — golden image builds for consistent server provisioning
- ArgoCD / Flux — GitOps-driven Kubernetes deployments
Monitoring & Security
- Prometheus + Grafana — metrics collection and dashboarding
- Loki — log aggregation from all servers and containers
- Sentry — application error tracking
- Cloudflare — CDN, DDoS protection, and DNS management in front of Hetzner
Business Benefits
- Dramatic cost reduction — Hetzner’s pricing is 3–5x lower than AWS or GCP for equivalent compute. A dedicated vCPU server that costs $40/month on AWS runs at €4–7/month on Hetzner.
- EU data residency — Hetzner datacenters in Germany and Finland satisfy GDPR data residency requirements without complex region configuration.
- Predictable billing — flat monthly pricing per server with no egress fees, no surprise bandwidth charges, and no complex reserved instance commitments.
- Full infrastructure control — unlike PaaS platforms, you own the servers, networking, and configuration. No vendor lock-in beyond standard Linux and Kubernetes.
- ARM instance availability — CAX ARM servers deliver strong price-to-performance for workloads compiled for ARM64, reducing compute costs further.
- Proven reliability — Hetzner has operated datacenters since 1997. Redundant power, network, and cooling infrastructure backs every cloud server.
