A Hetzner Snapshot of a Server, Labelled So a Fleet Can Select It
A Hetzner snapshot of a server, which is Hetzner's custom image, labelled by role and build so hcloud_image data sources can select the newest (unlabelled has to be accepted by name). The snapshot is the server at that moment, secrets and all: build the source clean and power it off first.
Verification
Static-verifiedPassed: validated and lint-clean (provider-schema-validated for AWS/Azure/GCP; Terraform-language lint elsewhere).
Conformance
- Static validation (fmt · validate · tflint)
- No applicable security policies for this provider
- Plan tests (mocked: validation rules · outputs)
Provenance
- SHA-256 checksum
- Signature (pending)
Functional
- Live test pending (no cloud run yet)
Last verified 2026-09-15 · how we verify
Use it from the registry
terraform · opentofumodule "snapshot" {
source = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/hetzner-snapshot/hetzner"
version = "1.0.0"
}Needs a registry token from /account/tokens. The module itself is free; the account is what identifies you. Full setup: registry docs.
Inputs & outputs
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Documentation
hetzner-snapshot
A custom image on Hetzner Cloud, a labelled snapshot servers deploy from. Works with Terraform and OpenTofu
(>= 1.6), hcloud provider >= 1.0, < 2.0.
The snapshot is the server at that moment; build it clean.
Labels are the versioning; unlabelled by name.
Verification
Static validation runs tofu fmt, init, validate, tflint and checkov.
This module has not yet had a live test, so it is published as statically
validated with its live test pending and does not carry the live-tested mark.
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