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Hetzner Cloud built its network stack around orchestrated Open vSwitch

hetzner.com 10 min read Editor score 8/10

The overview traces Hetzner’s move from host-based connectivity to an Open vSwitch network stack, with custom orchestration for traffic flows and reusable building blocks. It offers concrete architecture context for engineers operating cloud networking.

What

- Hetzner Cloud introduced Open vSwitch as it added network features such as Private Networks and Firewalls.

How

- The physical network provides stable IP connectivity to hosts, which supply higher-level network functions.

Why it matters

- Host-based functions give engineers flexibility beyond hardware-vendor offerings and can contain most errors to a single host.

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