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Connect your Hetzner account

Updated October 7, 2026 · 2 min read

Create a Read & Write API token in the Hetzner Console, connect it to Nuvlo, and create your first Hetzner server.

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  1. Step 1: Open your project in the Hetzner Console
  2. Step 2: Generate an API token
  3. Step 3: Copy the token
  4. Step 4: Add the token in Nuvlo
  5. Step 5: Connect and check
  6. Step 6: Create your first Hetzner server
  7. Good to know
  8. Troubleshooting

Before you start

  • A Hetzner account with a project for your servers. You can use an existing project or create a new one.
  • The Owner, Admin or Developer role on your Nuvlo account

Step 1 Open your project in the Hetzner Console

Sign in to the Hetzner Console and open the project you want your servers in.

Hetzner API tokens belong to one project. Every server Nuvlo creates with the token is created in that project and billed with it.

Step 2 Generate an API token

In the project, open Security in the left menu, then the API tokens tab. Click Generate API token.

  • Description: something you’ll recognize, such as “Nuvlo”.
  • Permissions: choose Read & Write. A Read token connects without an error, but creating a server with it fails.

Step 3 Copy the token

Hetzner shows the token once. Copy it before you close the window. If you lose it, generate a new one.

Step 4 Add the token in Nuvlo

In Nuvlo, open Integrations → Server providers, click Add provider and choose Hetzner.

Enter an Account label (optional), such as the project name, and paste the token into API key or token.

Step 5 Connect and check

Click Connect account. Nuvlo checks the token with Hetzner and saves it. Your Hetzner account now shows under Connected accounts.

Step 6 Create your first Hetzner server

Open Create server and choose Hetzner. If you connected several Hetzner projects, pick one under Account.

Under Server source, keep New server. With Hetzner you can also choose Erase an existing server, which wipes a server already in the project and installs Nuvlo on it.

Click Choose what to host and follow Create a server.

Good to know

TopicOn Hetzner
BillingHourly, capped at the monthly price. Hetzner bills you directly.
PlansShared, dedicated and Arm plans. Some software, such as MySQL 9.7, needs an x86 plan.
ResizingBigger or smaller plans of the same CPU type. Smaller only when the disk fits. The IP address stays the same.
Provider backupsDaily, the last 7 kept, 20% of the server price. You can also back up on demand.
SnapshotsRestore over the server or into a new one.

For each server, Nuvlo adds an SSH key whose name starts with nuvlo- to your Hetzner project. Leave these keys in place.

To use several Hetzner projects, create a token in each project and connect each one as its own account.

Troubleshooting

  • The provider rejected this key: the token was mistyped, deleted, or belongs to a project that no longer exists. Generate a new token and try again.
  • The server wizard fails when creating the server: check that the token has Read & Write permission. If Hetzner reports a limit, your project has reached Hetzner’s resource limit for your account. Ask Hetzner to raise it.