Installing on Hetzner

Hosting Writebook on Hetzner is a smart pick. It’s budget-friendly and simple to set up if you’re comfortable with some basic tech steps.

After signing up for a Hetzner account, follow these quick steps. It should take about 5 minutes.

  1. In your Hetzner project, click + Create Server and pick a plan. Hetzner dashboard You need at least 2GB RAM and 1 CPU. IMPORTANT: Don't use ARM64 — Tailwind doesn't work on it yet, and Telebugs relies on Tailwind. Learn more CPU type selection

  2. Keep the default settings and click Create and Buy now. Your server will be ready in a few minutes.

  3. Once it’s ready, copy the Public IP address. This links your domain to the server. Public IP of a server

  4. Go to your domain provider’s site (like GoDaddy, namecheap, or Cloudflare). Log in, find the domain management section, and add an A record with the IP you copied. It should look like this: A record configuration Ensure that proxying is disabled.

  5. Back in Hetzner, open the Console to connect to your server. The Console option

  6. Check the confirmation email we sent you for the install command. Paste it into the command line. Telebugs installation script

  7. When prompted, type your domain name (the same one you used for the A record). The system will finish the setup. After a few minutes, you’ll see this: Installation complete

  8. All set! Open the URL in your browser and create your Telebugs account.