A walkthrough of an automated workflow for spinning up and configuring Linux VMs on Hetzner Cloud using Terraform and Ansible. Covers VM creation with the Hetzner Terraform provider, SSH hardening best practices (key-based auth, disabling root login, non-standard port), and software provisioning including Docker and SDKMan. Also highlights Hetzner's cost advantages over AWS and the ability to scale VM types up and down on demand.
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