hetzner-k3s-tf-ansible
Terraform and Ansible setup for provisioning a K3s cluster using Hetzner Cloud infrastructure.
Features
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Ubuntu 20.04, k3s 1.23,
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Multiple supported CNI's:
- calico 3.21, using Hetzner's Private Network for node-to-node traffic,
- built-in flannel CNI (host-gw) + k3s NetworkPolicy controller, using Hetzner's Private Network for node-to-node traffic,
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Support for HA control plane setups (Optional),
- k3s with embedded etcd,
- Every master node runs all control plane components (etcd, apiserver, scheduler, controller-manager),
- Multiple options for external HA access to apiserver:
- Hetzner Loadbalancer,
- Keepalived + HAProxy + Hetzner Floating IP,
- Keepalived + HAProxy + private network (only inside private network),
- None (if you want to use DNS or don't need HA for external clients),
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Full PV support using Hetzner Volumes (via CSI driver, optional addon) or k3s local volume provisioner,
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Full LoadBalancer services support, using one of two options:
- Hetzner Load Balancer
- Hetzner Floating IP - using MetalLB + HCloud IP Floater
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Basic firewall setup to protect provisioned instances, supported options include:
- Hetzner Cloud Firewall,
- iptables setup on nodes,
- Both of them at once or none of them.
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Support for various optional addons:
- MetalLB + HCloud IP Floater
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Support for upgrading and scaling up the master/worker nodes
Requirements
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Terraform 0.13 or newer (tested on 1.1),
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Ansible 2.9 or newer,
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Hetzner Cloud API key,
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SSH key registered in Hetzner Cloud.
Quickstart
Copy examples/example.tfvars
to terraform/terraform.tfvars
. Customize it as needed, then provision cluster using:
export HCLOUD_TOKEN="YOUR HETZNER TOKEN"
cd terraform
terraform apply
cd ../ansible
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts.ini cluster-setup.yml
Customization
Available Terraform variables are defined in terraform/variables.tf
file.
Example configurations are available in examples
directory.