Creating a Storage Box

To create a new Storage Box on your Hetzner Console, please open your project and do the following:

1. Go to Storage Boxes on the left menu bar

2. Select Create Storage Box

3. Create your Storage Box

   ○ Location
   This is where your Storage Box will be located. For smaller projects, you can choose any location you prefer. For bigger projects we recommend choosing the closest location.

   ○ Type
   Choose a plan that fits your needs best. You will be able to change the plan at any time via the "Rescale" option. You can only downgrade to a smaller Storage Box if you are using less space than what is available in the smaller Storage Box.

   ○ Access
   This is where you setup authentication on the Storage Box. ● SSH key
   The SSH key is used for authentication on the host server of the Storage Box. After the Storage Box has been created, it is no longer possible to add an SSH key via the Hetzner Console. With existing Storage Boxes, you have to manually add the SSH key on the host server yourself. When you select an SSH key, you don't have to set a password — however, it does not disable password authentication on the Storage Box.
   
   ● Password
   If you don't have an SSH key, you have to provide a password for your Storage Box user. Securely save the password as it is not possible to view the password again in Hetzner Console. If you somehow lose or forget the password, you can use the action "Reset Password".
   

   ○ Additional settings
   Select the protocols that you want to use. We will enable the respective access rights on the host server. Protocols that are not selected will remain disabled for security reasons, minimizing the attack surface of the host server. You will be able to change the settings at any time after the Storage Box was already created.
   
   The option "SSH-Support" only enables port 23. SSH port 22 is always active (only SCP and SFTP, no interactive access). If you want to access your Storage Box from outside the Hetzner network, e.g. from your local PC, you have to enable "External Reachability".

   ○ Labels
   You can use labels to filter your Storage Boxes.
   
   Labels are key/value pairs, with "value" being optional. This means you can choose yourself if you want your Storage Box to have a simple label that only consists of the key part, or a complete key  value  pair. To create pairs, enter the key part and then use the enter key or the equals sign ("key=value") to switch to the value part. Both key and value must be 63 characters or less, beginning and ending with an alphanumeric character and alphanumerics can be used inbetween. You can copy & paste several labels at the same time by separating them by comma or with a space.
   
   

   Example:
   If you copy & paste this text to the label box:

   env=production,type=database,project2

   You will get these labels:
   env  production , type  database , project2

   
   
   

   ○ Name
   This will be the name of your Storage Box. Please note that it is not possible to use names more than once per project. Unique names are needed to clearly identify the corresponding Storage Box.

If you are happy with your settings, click on Create & Buy now to create the new Storage Box.

As already mentioned above, SSH port 22 is always active (only SCP and SFTP). If you didn't enable any other support, you can use that port to test access to your Storage Box:

sftp -P 22 -i /home/holu/.ssh/<my_ssh_key> uXXXXX@uXXXXX.your-storagebox.de

If you're connecting from a local device, make sure "External Reachability" is enabled.

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• Creating snapshots