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Clarify IGNITION_CONFIG as optional in documentation
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make clear that hetzner servers can be created from snapshots in the …
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Expand Up @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Verify the download, following the instructions on that page.
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[source, bash]
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IMAGE_NAME="fedora-coreos-41.20250213.0-hetzner.x86_64.raw.xz"
IMAGE_NAME="<downloaded image>"
export HCLOUD_TOKEN="<your token>"
STREAM="stable" # or "testing", "next"
HETZNER_ARCH="x86" # or "arm"
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hcloud ssh-key create --name "$SSH_KEY_NAME" --public-key "$SSH_PUBKEY"
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. Launch a server. Your Ignition configuration can be passed to the VM as its user data, or you can skip passing user data if you just want SSH access.
This provides an easy way to test out FCOS without first creating an Ignition config.
. Launch a server. You can create a server in the web console from the snapshot we just created and skip passing an Ignition file if you just want SSH access. This provides an easy way to test out FCOS without first creating an Ignition config. To use an Ignition configuration, pass it to the VM as user data as below.
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.Example launching FCOS on Hetzner using an Ignition configuration file and SSH key
[source, bash]
Expand All @@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ SSH_KEY_NAME="fedora-coreos-hetzner" # See: hcloud ssh-key list
DATACENTER="fsn1-dc14" # See: hcloud datacenter list
TYPE="cx22" # See: hcloud server-type list
NAME="fedora-coreos-test"
IGNITION_CONFIG="./config.ign"
IGNITION_CONFIG="./config.ign" # optional, see prerequisites.
hcloud server create \
--name "$NAME" \
--type "$TYPE" \
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