hcloud
Manage Hetzner Cloud infrastructure using the hcloud CLI. Use when working with Hetzner servers, firewalls, networks, volumes, load balancers, or any Hetzner Cloud resources. Supports server management (create/delete/start/stop), firewall configuration, SSH key management, volume operations, and infrastructure monitoring.
Why use this skill?
Use the hcloud skill to automate Hetzner Cloud resource management including servers, firewalls, volumes, and networks via the OpenClaw AI agent.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/jpj069/hcloudWhat This Skill Does
The hcloud skill acts as an interface for the official Hetzner Cloud CLI, allowing OpenClaw to programmatically manage your cloud infrastructure. It bridges the gap between natural language requests and complex cloud operations, enabling the management of servers, firewalls, volumes, networks, and SSH key pairs directly within your workflow. Whether you need to provision a fleet of servers for a test environment, secure your infrastructure with custom firewall rules, or perform routine maintenance like rebooting or snapshotting, this skill provides the necessary command-line leverage to handle these tasks autonomously.
Installation
To enable this skill, use the command: clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/jpj069/hcloud. After installation, ensure you have your Hetzner API token ready. Configure the tool by creating the ~/.config/hcloud/cli.toml file with your token details as outlined in the prerequisite section of the documentation. Once the file is secured with appropriate permissions, verify the connection using hcloud server list. The OpenClaw agent will then be able to interface with these binaries to execute cloud orchestration tasks.
Use Cases
This skill is ideal for DevOps engineers and developers who prefer an automated approach to infrastructure management. Use it for: 1) Rapid staging: Provisioning temporary servers for feature branch testing. 2) Security automation: Updating firewall rules across multiple servers based on changing network requirements. 3) Resource management: Creating and attaching block storage volumes for persistent data. 4) Infrastructure as Code simulation: Using the agent to tear down and recreate development environments to ensure idempotency.
Example Prompts
- "Check the status of my 'web-production' server and reboot it if it is unresponsive."
- "Create a new firewall named 'api-fw' and add a rule to allow TCP traffic on port 8080 from anywhere."
- "List all my existing volumes and attach the one named 'db-data' to the server 'database-01'."
Tips & Limitations
Always ensure your API token has restricted scopes if you are not using a root-level account. When creating servers, double-check your location and server-type parameters to stay within your budget. Note that some operations, such as deleting servers or volumes, are irreversible, so ensure you have backups. Since the skill uses the CLI directly, ensure that the machine running OpenClaw has consistent internet access and valid SSL certificates to authenticate against the Hetzner Cloud API successfully.
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-jpj069-hcloud": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: network-access, file-read, file-write, external-api, code-execution