Appendix E Installing on Hetzner ¶

Hosting Writebook on Hetzner is a smart pick. It’s budget-friendly and simple to set up if you’re comfortable with some basic tech steps.

After signing up for a Hetzner account, follow these steps. It should take about 5 minutes.

In your Hetzner account, click + Create Server and pick a plan.
You need at least 2GB RAM and 1 CPU.
Keep the default settings and click Create and Buy now. Your server will be ready in a few minutes.
Once it’s ready, copy the Public IP address. This links your domain to the server.
Go to your domain provider’s site (like GoDaddy, namecheap, or Cloudflare). Log in, find the domain management section, and add an A record with the IP you copied. It should look like this: Ensure that proxying is disabled.
Back in Hetzner, open the Console to connect to your server.
Check the confirmation email we sent you for the install command. Paste it into the command line.
When prompted, type your domain name (the same one you used for the A record). The system will finish the setup. After a few minutes, you’ll see this:
All set! Open the URL in your browser and create your Telebugs account.