Provisioning a Private Talos Kubernetes Cluster on Hetzner Cloud
The article discusses the process of provisioning a private Talos Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining a private network without public IPs for both control plane and worker nodes. The setup utilizes Terraform for management and aims to create a manageable and efficient infrastructure for running applications.
- ▪The cluster is designed to operate entirely within a private network, using Tailnet for access.
- ▪Talos is chosen for its minimal maintenance requirements and lack of a package manager or SSH access.
- ▪The article details the configuration of various node pools and the creation of a custom Talos image for deployment.
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| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 21:31:02 +0000 |
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Provisioning a Private Talos Kubernetes Cluster on Hetzner Cloud May 30, 2026 • 15 min read infrastructure kubernetes terraform talos hetzner This is a follow up to Private Networking on Hetzner Cloud with Tailscale The previous post was about the network. This one is about what I put inside that network: a private Kubernetes cluster running Talos on Hetzner Cloud. The important part is not just “Kubernetes on Hetzner Cloud”. There are many posts about it. The part I cared about was making the cluster private from the first boot. No public IPs on the control plane. No public IPs on the workers. Access only through the Tailnet. That made Talos a good fit. No package manager, no SSH. You give it machine configuration, it becomes a Kubernetes node, and that is mostly it. Mostly.
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