hetzner.hcloud.storage_box module – Create and manage Storage Boxes in Hetzner.

Note

This module is part of the hetzner.hcloud collection (version 6.4.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install hetzner.hcloud. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hetzner.hcloud.storage_box.

Synopsis

• Create, update and delete Storage Boxes in Hetzner.

• See the Storage Boxes API documentation for more details.

• Experimental: Storage Box support is experimental, breaking changes may occur within minor releases. See https://github.com/ansible-collections/hetzner.hcloud/issues/756 for more details.

Aliases: hcloud_storage_box

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python-dateutil >= 2.7.5

• requests >=2.20

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
access_settings dictionary	Access settings of the Storage Box.
reachable_externally boolean	Whether access from outside the Hetzner network is allowed. Choices: false ← (default) true
samba_enabled boolean	Whether the Samba subsystem is enabled. Choices: false ← (default) true
ssh_enabled boolean	Whether the SSH subsystem is enabled. Choices: false ← (default) true
webdav_enabled boolean	Whether the WebDAV subsystem is enabled. Choices: false ← (default) true
zfs_enabled boolean	Whether the ZFS snapshot folder is visible. Choices: false ← (default) true
api_endpoint aliases: endpoint string	The endpoint for the Hetzner Cloud API. You can also set this option by using the HCLOUD_ENDPOINT environment variable. Default: "https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1"
api_endpoint_hetzner string	The endpoint for the Hetzner API. You can also set this option by using the HETZNER_ENDPOINT environment variable. Default: "https://api.hetzner.com/v1"
api_token string / required	The token for the Hetzner Cloud API. You can also set this option by using the HCLOUD_TOKEN environment variable.
delete_protection boolean	Protect the Storage Box from deletion. Choices: false true
id integer	ID of the Storage Box to manage. Required if no Storage Box name is given. If the ID is invalid, the module will fail.
labels dictionary	User-defined labels (key-value pairs) for the Storage Box.
location string	Name or ID of the Location for the Storage Box. Required if the Storage Box does not exist.
name string	Name of the Storage Box to manage. Required if no Storage Box id is given. Required if the Storage Box does not exist.
password string	Password for the Storage Box. Required if the Storage Box does not exist.
snapshot string	Snapshot ID or Name to rollback to. Only used when state=rollback_snapshot
snapshot_plan dictionary	Snapshot plan of the Storage Box. Use null to disabled the snapshot plan.
day_of_month integer	Day of the month when the Snapshot Plan is executed. Null means every day.
day_of_week integer	Day of the week when the Snapshot Plan is executed. Starts at 1 for Monday til 7 for Sunday. Null means every day.
hour integer / required	Hour when the Snapshot Plan is executed (UTC).
max_snapshots integer / required	Maximum amount of Snapshots that will be created by this Snapshot Plan. Older Snapshots will be deleted.
minute integer / required	Minute when the Snapshot Plan is executed (UTC).
ssh_keys list / elements=string	SSH public keys in OpenSSH format to inject into the Storage Box.
state string	State of the Storage Box. reset_password and rollback_snapshot are not idempotent. Choices: "absent" "present" ← (default) "reset_password" "rollback_snapshot"
storage_box_type aliases: type string	Name or ID of the Storage Box Type for the Storage Box. Required if the Storage Box does not exist.

See Also

See also

Documentation for Hetzner APIs

Complete reference for the Hetzner APIs.

Examples

- name: Create a Storage Box
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    storage_box_type: bx11
    location: fsn1
    password: my-secret
    labels:
      env: prod
    state: present

- name: Create a Storage Box with access settings
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    storage_box_type: bx11
    location: fsn1
    password: my-secret
    access_settings:
      reachable_externally: true
      ssh_enabled: true
      samba_enabled: false
      webdav_enabled: false
      zfs_enabled: false
    state: present

- name: Create a Storage Box with snapshot plan
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    storage_box_type: bx11
    location: fsn1
    password: my-secret
    snapshot_plan:
      max_snapshots: 10
      hour: 3
      minute: 30
    state: present

- name: Disable a Storage Box snapshot plan
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    snapshot_plan: null
    state: present

- name: Reset a Storage Box password
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    password: my-secret
    state: reset_password

- name: Rollback a Storage Box to a Snapshot
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    snapshot: 2025-12-03T13-47-47
    state: rollback_snapshot

- name: Delete a Storage Box
  hetzner.hcloud.storage_box:
    name: my-storage-box
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
hcloud_storage_box dictionary	Details about the Storage Box. Returned: always
access_settings dictionary	Access settings of the Storage Box. Returned: always
reachable_externally boolean	Whether access from outside the Hetzner network is allowed. Returned: always Sample: false
samba_enabled boolean	Whether the Samba subsystem is enabled. Returned: always Sample: false
ssh_enabled boolean	Whether the SSH subsystem is enabled. Returned: always Sample: true
webdav_enabled boolean	Whether the WebDAV subsystem is enabled. Returned: always Sample: false
zfs_enabled boolean	Whether the ZFS snapshot folder is visible. Returned: always Sample: false
delete_protection boolean	Protect the Storage Box from deletion. Returned: always Sample: false
id integer	ID of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: 1937415
labels dictionary	User-defined labels (key-value pairs) of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: {"env": "prod"}
location string	Name of the Location of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: "fsn1"
name string	Name of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: "my-storage-box"
server string	FQDN of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: "u505337.your-storagebox.de"
snapshot_plan dictionary	Snapshot plan of the Storage Box. Returned: when enabled
day_of_month integer	Day of the month when the Snapshot Plan is executed. Null means every day. Returned: always Sample: 30
day_of_week integer	Day of the week when the Snapshot Plan is executed. Null means every day. Returned: always Sample: 1
hour integer	Hour when the Snapshot Plan is executed (UTC). Returned: always Sample: 3
max_snapshots integer	Maximum amount of Snapshots that will be created by this Snapshot Plan. Returned: always Sample: 10
minute integer	Minute when the Snapshot Plan is executed (UTC). Returned: always Sample: 30
stats dictionary	Statistics of the Storage Box. Returned: always
size integer	Current disk usage in bytes. Returned: always Sample: 10485760
size_data integer	Current disk usage for data in bytes. Returned: always Sample: 10485760
size_snapshots integer	Current disk usage for snapshots in bytes. Returned: always Sample: 10485760
status string	Status of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: "active"
storage_box_type string	Name of the Storage Box Type. Returned: always Sample: "bx11"
system string	Host system of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: "HEL1-BX136"
username string	User name of the Storage Box. Returned: always Sample: "u505337"

Authors

• Jonas Lammler (@jooola)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)
• Hetzner Cloud API Reference
• Hetzner Cloud API Changelog