At Origo, we believe that only rigid mindsets and fear of change keep European companies stuck with Microsoft Office and AWS—sending billions of euros out of Europe in the process.
In a previous article, we described how to easily install open-source alternatives to Office, Teams, Outlook, and OneDrive in a private cloud running Origo OS. Our latest guide shows how to quickly and easily launch a private cloud at Hetzner with Origo OS to run your company’s digital infrastructure.
The server we order from Hetzner has 12 cores, 128 GB of RAM, and plenty of storage. It costs €70 per month, or about 520 DKK.
Just to be clear: with Origo OS on a server at Hetzner, you can easily run the entire digital infrastructure for an organization of up to around 100 people for 520 DKK per month—including all the common productivity applications a typical company requires.
Note that Origo is open source and can be freely used for non-commercial purposes. For commercial use, you must obtain a commercial license.
Why Hetzner?
Hetzner is cheap—really cheap. Their original business model was to purchase used enterprise servers, mount them in their own data centers, connect power and networking, and then offer customers the option to rent them on a monthly basis with remote access via a web browser. This requires the customer to know how to install an operating system and the necessary services on top. It works, it’s inexpensive, but it’s not really a public cloud.
Since then, Hetzner has expanded its service catalog with virtual servers and storage (i.e., IaaS), which can more properly be called a public cloud. Still, it’s not exactly AWS or Azure.
But what if you could rent one (or more) inexpensive servers at Hetzner (or another provider) and easily install a private cloud on top of those? What if you could get self-service, fast provisioning of Kubernetes clusters, object storage, databases, and more—while retaining full control over your data and infrastructure? That’s exactly what Origo OS was built for.
If you’re interested, fasten your seatbelt and read the guide
