Create an MicroOS-based snapshot on Hetzner Cloud using packer.
On macOS just use brew:
brew install packer
For other OSes and more details see the packer documentation.
Get an API token for your hcloud project (see here) and run packer build.
export HCLOUD_TOKEN=<redacted> packer build hcloud-microos-snapshot.pkr.hcl
The snapshot is created in your project and can then be used.
You can refere to the snapshot by using it's ID.
# list the snapshot by using it's label > hcloud image list -l microos-snapshot ID TYPE NAME DESCRIPTION IMAGE SIZE DISK SIZE CREATED DEPRECATED 88945574 snapshot - microos-snapshot 0.38 GB 40 GB Sat Nov 12 14:28:08 CET 2022 - # retrieve just the ID > hcloud image list -o noheader -o "columns=id" -l microos-snapshot 88945574 # create a server based on this snapshot. Ensure you provide an SSH-Key as # MicroOS does not allow login via password > hcloud server create --image 88945574 --type cx21 --name MicroOS-test --ssh-key k3s 1m1s [===================================] 100.00% Waiting for server 25527457 to have started ... done Server 25527457 created IPv4: 95.217.214.186 IPv6: 2a01:4f9:c010:3e1c::1 IPv6 Network: 2a01:4f9:c010:3e1c::/64