basic

Basic Example

This example demonstrates the basic usage of the terraform-hcloud-tailscale-server module.

What this example creates

• A single Hetzner Cloud server with Ubuntu 22.04
• Automatic Tailscale installation and configuration
• Basic firewall rules for Tailscale connectivity
• A user account with sudo privileges

Usage

1. Copy terraform.tfvars.example to terraform.tfvars and fill in your values:

cp terraform.tfvars.example terraform.tfvars

2. Edit terraform.tfvars with your actual values:

hcloud_token      = "your-hetzner-cloud-api-token"
tailscale_api_key = "your-tailscale-api-key"
tailscale_tailnet = "your-tailnet-name"
ssh_key_name      = "your-ssh-key-name"

3. Initialize and apply:

terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply

Requirements

• Terraform >= 0.13
• Hetzner Cloud API token
• Tailscale API key
• SSH key uploaded to Hetzner Cloud

Outputs

• server_ip_address: The public IPv4 address of the created server
• server_name: The name of the created server

Clean up

To destroy the resources:

terraform destroy