Hetzner

Hetzner offers some of the best price-to-performance in the industry, with servers in both EU (Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki) and US (Ashburn, Hillsboro) regions.

What you’ll need

A Hetzner Cloud account
A domain name (optional, but recommended for HTTPS)

1. Create a server

Open the Hetzner Cloud Console
Click Add Server
Choose a location close to your users
Select Ubuntu 24.04 as the OS image
Pick the CX22 type (2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM, ~€4/mo) — more than enough for Fleet
Add your SSH key
Click Create & Buy Now

2. SSH into the server

ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

3. Install Docker

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

4. Clone and start Fleet

git clone https://github.com/aayushxr/fleet.git
cd fleet
docker compose up -d

Fleet is now running on port 3000.

5. Configure the firewall

In the Hetzner Cloud Console, go to your server → Networking → Firewalls → Create Firewall:

Direction	Protocol	Port	Source
Inbound	TCP	22	Your IP
Inbound	TCP	80	Any
Inbound	TCP	443	Any

Apply the firewall to your server.

6. Point a domain (optional)

Create an A record in your DNS provider pointing to your server’s IP.

7. Add HTTPS with nginx + Certbot

apt install -y nginx certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Create /etc/nginx/sites-available/fleet:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name fleet.yourdomain.com;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/fleet /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx

Then obtain a free TLS certificate:

certbot --nginx -d fleet.yourdomain.com

Updating Fleet

cd fleet
git pull
docker compose up -d --build

IPv6

Hetzner servers include IPv6 by default. If you want Fleet accessible over IPv6, add a AAAA DNS record pointing to your server’s IPv6 address. Make sure nginx is also listening on IPv6 — the default Ubuntu nginx config includes listen [::]:80 out of the box.

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Self-Hosting

What you’ll need

1. Create a server

2. SSH into the server

3. Install Docker

4. Clone and start Fleet

5. Configure the firewall

6. Point a domain (optional)

7. Add HTTPS with nginx + Certbot

Updating Fleet

IPv6

​What you’ll need

​1. Create a server

​2. SSH into the server

​3. Install Docker

​4. Clone and start Fleet

​5. Configure the firewall

​6. Point a domain (optional)

​7. Add HTTPS with nginx + Certbot

​Updating Fleet

​IPv6

What you’ll need

1. Create a server

2. SSH into the server

3. Install Docker

4. Clone and start Fleet

5. Configure the firewall

6. Point a domain (optional)

7. Add HTTPS with nginx + Certbot

Updating Fleet

IPv6