# Automate Hetzner deployment over SSH

> Automate Hetzner deployment: attach a server over SSH, let Docker, proxy, SSL and backups be set up, and hook it to the CI/CD pipeline.

> Source: https://www.application-platform.com/en/alternatives/deploy-to-hetzner/

Hetzner is there in minutes. The rest of the day is Docker, certificates, firewall, backup — and the same list on the second server. Automating here does not mean rebuilding Hetzner. It means attaching the server so the pipeline knows it.