FULL Hermes Setup on $15/month in 10 minutes

Set up Hermes Agent on your own VPS for about $15/month: a low-cost Hetzner or OVH server plus a Minimax token plan for the model budget. In this walkthrough, I show the cheap VPS options, why Minimax is a good fit for Hermes, and how to use an AI agent skill to configure the server, security, DNS, and Hermes setup without doing everything by hand. --- 🤓 *Topics Covered* - Hermes Agent VPS setup - Hetzner and Minimax pricing - AI-assisted server configuration --- 🔗 *Links* - Written version: https://alejandro-ao.com/tutorials/hermes-agent-15-dollar-vps/ - Hetzner: https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ - OVHcloud VPS: https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/vps/ - DigitalOcean Droplets: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets - Minimax: https://www.minimax.io/ - Hugging Face Inference Providers: https://huggingface.co/models?inference=warm - Pi coding agent: https://github.com/earendil-works/pi - Detailed SSH / server setup video: https://youtu.be/ut8mTsgzdhY - Cloud configuration used in the VPS setup: https://alejandro-ao.com/hermes-agent-vps/#create-the-vps - Hermes VPS setup skill: https://github.com/alejandro-ao/skills/blob/main/skills/hermes-vps-setup/SKILL.md - Longer step-by-step video: https://youtu.be/ut8mTsgzdhY --- 👋 *Connect with me* - My website: https://alejandro-ao.com/ - X (Twitter): https://x.com/_alejandroao - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-ao/ - Courses: https://aibootcamp.dev/ --- ⏱️ *Timestamps* 0:00 Introduction and $15/month setup 0:54 Choosing a VPS provider 3:27 Minimax token plan for Hermes Agent 6:28 Using an AI agent to configure the VPS