Edka – Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account
Hi HN, I’ve been working with Kubernetes for over a decade, since the alpha days, and was involved in kube-aws project before AWS launched EKS. For the past four years, I’ve been helping friends and small businesses cut costs by running Kubernetes on Hetzner Cloud, which I’ve found to be rock solid and by far the best priced provider. Provisioning a cluster on Hetzner is now straightforward, thanks to tools like k3s and hetzner-k3s, but configuring it for your specific needs still takes time and expertise. I built Edka to make that part easy: spin up a production ready cluster in ~2 minutes,…
Edka – Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account launched on August 15, 2025 with 437 votes, #58 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Edka is a tool that provisions production-ready Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner Cloud in approximately two minutes. It automates cluster setup using k3s and provides one-click deployment of essential add-ons like metrics-server and cert-manager. Designed for small businesses and developers seeking cost-effective Kubernetes infrastructure, Edka simplifies configuration that would typically require significant expertise, allowing users to choose between automated setup or hands-on control over their cluster deployment.
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From the sources
EDKA makes running Kubernetes on Hetzner Cloud simple, fast, and affordable. • Spin up clusters in ~2 minutes • One click apps and add-ons • Easy deployments with semver updates, autoscaling, rollbacks, persistent volumes, secrets and public exposure
Edka provisions a Kubernetes platform in your own cloud account for apps, databases, observability, and private agent runtimes, without locking you in.
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi HN, I’ve been working with Kubernetes for over a decade, since the alpha days, and was involved in kube-aws project before AWS launched EKS. For the past four years, I’ve been helping friends and small businesses cut costs by running Kubernetes on Hetzner Cloud, which I’ve found to be rock solid and by far the…
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