NAME
WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::API::Servers - Hetzner Cloud Servers API
VERSION
version 0.001
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Hetzner::Cloud;
my $cloud = WWW::Hetzner::Cloud->new(token => $ENV{HETZNER_API_TOKEN});
# List all servers
my $servers = $cloud->servers->list;
# Create a server
my $server = $cloud->servers->create(
name => 'my-server',
server_type => 'cx22',
image => 'debian-12',
location => 'fsn1',
ssh_keys => ['my-key'],
labels => { env => 'prod' },
);
# Server is a WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::Server object
print $server->id, "\n";
print $server->ipv4, "\n";
# Wait for server to be running
$cloud->servers->wait_for_status($server->id, 'running');
# Power actions via API
$cloud->servers->shutdown($server->id);
# Or directly on the object
$server->power_on;
$server->shutdown;
# Update server
$server->name('new-name');
$server->update;
# Delete server
$server->delete;
DESCRIPTION
This module provides the API for managing Hetzner Cloud servers. All methods return WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::Server objects.
NAME
WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::API::Servers - Hetzner Cloud Servers API
METHODS
list
my $servers = $cloud->servers->list;
my $servers = $cloud->servers->list(label_selector => 'env=prod');
Returns an arrayref of WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::Server objects. Optional parameters: label_selector, name, status, sort.
list_by_label
my $servers = $cloud->servers->list_by_label('env=production');
Convenience method to list servers by label selector.
get
my $server = $cloud->servers->get($id);
Returns a WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::Server object.
create
my $server = $cloud->servers->create(
name => 'my-server', # required
server_type => 'cx23', # required
image => 'debian-13', # required
location => 'fsn1', # optional
datacenter => 'fsn1-dc14', # optional (alternative to location)
ssh_keys => ['my-key'], # optional
labels => { env => 'prod' },# optional
user_data => '...', # optional (cloud-init)
start_after_create => 1, # optional (default: true)
placement_group => 'my-group', # optional
networks => [123, 456], # optional (network IDs)
volumes => [789], # optional (volume IDs)
automount => 1, # optional (automount volumes)
firewalls => [111, 222], # optional (firewall IDs)
enable_ipv4 => 1, # optional (default: true)
enable_ipv6 => 1, # optional (default: true)
ipv4 => 'primary-ip-id', # optional (existing Primary IP)
ipv6 => 'primary-ip-id', # optional (existing Primary IP)
);
Creates a new server. Returns a WWW::Hetzner::Cloud::Server object.
delete
$cloud->servers->delete($id);
Deletes a server.
power_on
$cloud->servers->power_on($id);
Powers on a server.
power_off
$cloud->servers->power_off($id);
Hard power off (like pulling the power cord).
shutdown
$cloud->servers->shutdown($id);
Graceful shutdown via ACPI.
reboot
$cloud->servers->reboot($id);
Hard reboot.
rebuild
$cloud->servers->rebuild($id, 'debian-13');
Rebuilds server with a new image. Data on the server will be lost.
change_type
$cloud->servers->change_type($id, 'cx33', upgrade_disk => 1);
Changes server type. Server must be powered off.
update
$cloud->servers->update($id, name => 'new-name', labels => { env => 'dev' });
Updates server name or labels.
wait_for_status
$cloud->servers->wait_for_status($id, 'running', 120);
Polls until server reaches the specified status. Default timeout is 120 seconds.
SUPPORT
Source Code
The code is open to the world, and available for you to hack on. Please feel free to browse it and play with it, or whatever. If you want to contribute patches, please send me a diff or prod me to pull from your repository :)
https://github.com/Getty/p5-www-hetzner
git clone https://github.com/Getty/p5-www-hetzner.git
AUTHOR
Torsten Raudssus <torsten@raudssus.de>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Torsten Raudssus.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.