This article shows you how to create an API token in Hetzner so you can connect your Hetzner project to InfraNest.
#Overview
- InfraNest uses one Hetzner API token to manage your cloud resources, DNS zones and certificates together.
- A token only works for one Hetzner project, so if you want to connect more than one project, you'll need to create a separate token for each.
#Create the token
- Sign in to the Hetzner Console (console.hetzner.com). On InfraNest's Hetzner connect form, the Open the token page link will take you straight to your projects.
- Open your project, then go to Security → API Tokens.
- Select Generate API Token, give it a name (something like "InfraNest" works well), and choose Read & Write.
- Copy the token right away — Hetzner only shows it to you once.
WarningChoose Read & Write, not Read. A read-only token lets InfraNest see your resources but not manage them.
#Next step
Go back to InfraNest and follow the steps in Connect Hetzner to paste in your token.
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