packer-hcloud-flatcar

Build Flatcar Container Linux Images on Hetzner Cloud with Hashicorp Packer.

Required ENVs

• HCLOUD_TOKEN - your personal hetzner api token

Build Image

This builds an snapshot image in the hcloud for Flatcar Container Linux and injects the Hetzner Cloud Datasource (http://169.254.169.254/hetzner/v1/userdata).

packer build .

Example instance

You need to pass your Ignition Config via "user data". A Ignition Config can be generated by creating a Container Linux Config (YAML) and convert it to JSON via Container Linux Config Transpiler. Check the directory examples/ for some example Container Linux Configs.

cat config.yaml | docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/flatcar-linux/ct:latest