Deploy Jekyll Site With Dokku
Jekyll is a static site generator written in Ruby. It enables you to create and maintain websites, particularly blogs, without the need for a backend or database. Jekyll takes your content, written in Markdown, Textile, HTML, or Liquid, and renders it into a static website ready to be served by a web server.
What you’ll need:
- A server (I use Hetzner)
- Installation and configuration of Dokku on the server
- Connecting a domain name to the server
Connect to your Remote Server
ssh remote_username@remote_host
For example:
ssh root@11.22.33.444
Create a Dokku Application
dokku apps:create coolblog
Navigate to the repository on your local computer
cd coolblog
Initialize a Git repository
git init
Create the .buildpacks file (if you are using VS Code)
code .buildpacks
Add these two lines to the file
https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nginx.git
https://github.com/DanielZwijnenburg/dokku-buildpack-jekyll4-nginx.git
Add your Jekyll files to the repository and commit your changes
git add . && git commit -m "initial commit"
Add your Dokku server as a remote repository
git remote add dokku dokku@ip:name-of-your-repository
For example:
git remote add dokku dokku@11.22.33.444:coolblog
Push your cool blog to Dokku
git push dokku main
If you need to use environment variables, use this command
dokku config:set coolblog JEKYLL_ENV=production
Set the domain name
dokku domains:set coolblog coolblog.com
Visit http://coolblog.com and enjoy your awesome blog!
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