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# Create a Hetzner cluster



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://platform.ankra.app/openapi.json post /api/v1/clusters/hetzner
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: FastAPI
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://platform.ankra.app
security: []
tags:
  - name: Clusters
    description: Create, inspect and manage clusters, and the stacks deployed on them.
  - name: Managed Clusters
    description: Provider-managed control planes, driven through one common surface.
  - name: Imported Clusters
    description: Clusters that already existed and were connected to Ankra.
  - name: Cluster Access
    description: Kubeconfigs, service-account tokens and per-cluster access grants.
  - name: Kubernetes
    description: Read and act on the Kubernetes objects inside a cluster.
  - name: DigitalOcean Clusters
    description: Provision and manage DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters.
  - name: Hetzner Clusters
    description: Provision and manage Hetzner Kubernetes clusters.
  - name: OVH Clusters
    description: Provision and manage OVH Kubernetes clusters.
  - name: Scaleway Clusters
    description: Provision and manage Scaleway Kapsule clusters.
  - name: UpCloud Clusters
    description: Provision and manage UpCloud Kubernetes clusters.
  - name: Applications
    description: Deploy, configure and observe applications across the fleet.
  - name: Stack Profiles
    description: Reusable stack definitions, their versions and sharing.
  - name: Charts
    description: Browse the chart catalogue behind stacks and addons.
  - name: Helm
    description: Helm registries, credentials and the charts they expose.
  - name: Executions
    description: Long-running platform executions and their jobs.
  - name: Operations
    description: Cancel in-flight cluster operations and their jobs.
  - name: Chat
    description: Conversational sessions, plans and confirmable actions.
  - name: AI Agent Runs
    description: Autonomous agent runs and their outcomes.
  - name: AI Tickets
    description: The AI ticket board, its sync connections and settings.
  - name: AI Playbooks
    description: Reusable playbooks the AI lanes execute.
  - name: AI Conditions
    description: Conditions that gate AI autonomy.
  - name: AI Engineering Handoffs
    description: Work the AI lanes escalate to a human engineer.
  - name: AI Environment
    description: The environment and base stacks AI demos deploy into.
  - name: Security
    description: Findings, advisories, SBOMs, compliance and posture.
  - name: Cost
    description: Cluster and fleet cost, rate cards and cost settings.
  - name: Billing
    description: Subscription and spend caps.
  - name: Organisation
    description: Members, invitations, audit logs and organisation settings.
  - name: Account Tokens
    description: Personal access tokens for the API and CLI.
  - name: Credentials
    description: The shared credential store.
  - name: Azure Credentials
    description: Azure credentials and SSH keys.
  - name: DigitalOcean Credentials
    description: DigitalOcean credentials and SSH keys.
  - name: Hetzner Credentials
    description: Hetzner credentials and SSH keys.
  - name: OVH Credentials
    description: OVH credentials and SSH keys.
  - name: Scaleway Credentials
    description: Scaleway credentials.
  - name: UpCloud Credentials
    description: UpCloud credentials and SSH keys.
  - name: Data Source Credentials
    description: Credentials for metrics and log sources.
  - name: DNS Credentials
    description: Credentials for DNS providers.
  - name: DNS
    description: DNS zones and records, including custom organisation zones.
  - name: Cloudflare
    description: Cloudflare domains and the credentials behind them.
  - name: Variables
    description: Organisation- and cluster-scoped variables.
  - name: SOPS
    description: Encrypt and decrypt values with the organisation SOPS config.
  - name: Alerts
    description: Alert integrations and ingest credentials.
  - name: Notifications
    description: Notification routes and their delivery targets.
  - name: Support
    description: Support tickets.
paths:
  /api/v1/clusters/hetzner:
    post:
      tags:
        - Hetzner Clusters
      summary: Create a Hetzner cluster
      operationId: create_hetzner_cluster_endpoint_api_v1_clusters_hetzner_post
      parameters:
        - in: header
          name: authorization
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: Authorization
        - in: header
          name: x-ankra-organisation-id
          required: false
          schema:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: 'null'
            title: X-Ankra-Organisation-Id
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateHetznerClusterRequest'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateHetznerClusterResponse'
          description: Cluster created successfully
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Not found
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
          description: Validation Error
components:
  schemas:
    CreateHetznerClusterRequest:
      properties:
        bastion_server_type:
          minLength: 1
          title: Bastion Server Type
          type: string
          description: >-
            Omit to let the platform pick the cheapest x86 type the target
            location can currently provision that meets the role's minimum size.
        cni:
          description: >-
            Container network. Omitted resolves to cilium on kubeadm (the
            default distribution) and flannel on k3s.
          enum:
            - flannel
            - calico
            - cilium
          title: Cni
          type: string
        control_plane_count:
          default: 1
          maximum: 5
          minimum: 1
          title: Control Plane Count
          type: integer
        control_plane_server_type:
          minLength: 1
          title: Control Plane Server Type
          type: string
          description: >-
            Omit to let the platform pick the cheapest x86 type the target
            location can currently provision that meets the role's minimum size.
        credential_id:
          format: uuid4
          title: Credential Id
          type: string
        criticality:
          anyOf:
            - enum:
                - production
                - staging
                - development
                - disposable
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Criticality
        description:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Description
        distribution:
          default: kubeadm
          title: Distribution
          type: string
        environment:
          anyOf:
            - maxLength: 50
              minLength: 1
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Environment
        etcd_node_count:
          default: 3
          title: Etcd Node Count
          type: integer
        etcd_server_type:
          title: Etcd Server Type
          type: string
          description: >-
            Omit to let the platform pick the cheapest x86 type the target
            location can currently provision that meets the role's minimum size.
        etcd_topology:
          default: stacked
          title: Etcd Topology
          type: string
        external_cloud_provider:
          default: true
          title: External Cloud Provider
          type: boolean
        gitops_branch:
          default: master
          title: Gitops Branch
          type: string
        gitops_credential_name:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Gitops Credential Name
        gitops_repository:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Gitops Repository
        include_networking:
          default: true
          title: Include Networking
          type: boolean
        kubernetes_version:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Kubernetes Version
        location:
          minLength: 1
          title: Location
          type: string
        name:
          minLength: 1
          title: Name
          type: string
        network_ip_range:
          default: 10.0.0.0/16
          title: Network Ip Range
          type: string
        node_groups:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateNodeGroupRequest'
              type: array
            - type: 'null'
          title: Node Groups
        ssh_key_credential_id:
          anyOf:
            - format: uuid4
              type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Ssh Key Credential Id
        ssh_key_credential_ids:
          default: []
          items:
            format: uuid4
            type: string
          title: Ssh Key Credential Ids
          type: array
        subnet_range:
          default: 10.0.1.0/24
          title: Subnet Range
          type: string
        worker_count:
          default: 1
          maximum: 50
          minimum: 0
          title: Worker Count
          type: integer
        worker_server_type:
          minLength: 1
          title: Worker Server Type
          type: string
          description: >-
            Omit to let the platform pick the cheapest x86 type the target
            location can currently provision that meets the role's minimum size.
      required:
        - name
        - credential_id
        - location
      title: CreateHetznerClusterRequest
      type: object
    CreateHetznerClusterResponse:
      properties:
        cluster_id:
          format: uuid4
          title: Cluster Id
          type: string
        name:
          title: Name
          type: string
      required:
        - cluster_id
        - name
      title: CreateHetznerClusterResponse
      type: object
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          title: Detail
          type: array
      title: HTTPValidationError
      type: object
    CreateNodeGroupRequest:
      properties:
        count:
          default: 1
          maximum: 50
          minimum: 1
          title: Count
          type: integer
        instance_type:
          minLength: 1
          title: Instance Type
          type: string
        labels:
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          title: Labels
          type: object
        name:
          minLength: 1
          title: Name
          type: string
        taints:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NodeTaint'
          title: Taints
          type: array
      required:
        - name
        - instance_type
      title: CreateNodeGroupRequest
      type: object
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          title: Location
          type: array
        msg:
          title: Message
          type: string
        type:
          title: Error Type
          type: string
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
      type: object
    NodeTaint:
      properties:
        effect:
          enum:
            - NoSchedule
            - PreferNoSchedule
            - NoExecute
          title: Effect
          type: string
        key:
          type: string
          title: Key
        value:
          default: ''
          title: Value
          type: string
      required:
        - key
        - effect
      title: NodeTaint
      type: object

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