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GitHub Actions for deploying to GitHub Pages
A GitHub Action to deploy your static site to GitHub Pages with Static Site Generators (Hugo, MkDocs, Gatsby, GitBook, etc.)
Table of Contents
Getting started
(1) Add ssh deploy key
Generate your deploy key with the following command.
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "$(git config user.email)" -f gh-pages -N ""
# You will get 2 files:
# gh-pages.pub (public key)
# gh-pages (private key)
Next, Go to Repository Settings
- Go to Deploy Keys and add your public key with the Allow write access
- Go to Secrets and add your private key as
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY
(2) Create .github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
⭐ Repository type - Project
An example yaml file with Hugo action.
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: build
uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v0.58.1
with:
args: --gc --minify --cleanDestinationDir
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.2.0
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./public
The above example is for Project Pages sites. (<username>/<project_name> repository)
⭐ Repository type - User and Organization
For User and Organization Pages sites (<username>/<username>.github.io repository),
we have to set master branch to PUBLISH_BRANCH.
on:
push:
branches:
- source # default branch
PUBLISH_BRANCH: master # deploying branch
Options
⭐ Pull action image from Docker Hub
You can pull a public docker image from Docker Hub.
By pulling docker images, you can reduce the overall execution time of your workflow. In addition, latest tag is provided.
- uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.2.0
+ uses: docker://peaceiris/gh-pages:v2.2.0
- uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v0.58.1
+ uses: docker://peaceiris/gha-hugo:v0.58.1
⭐ PERSONAL_TOKEN
Generate a personal access token (repo) and add it to Secrets as PERSONAL_TOKEN, it works as well as ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY.
- ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+ PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
⭐ GITHUB_TOKEN
NOTES: This action supports
GITHUB_TOKENbut it has some problems to deploy to GitHub Pages. See #9
- ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
+ GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
Examples
Static Site Generators with Node.js
gatsby, hexo, gitbook, vuepress, react-static, gridsome, etc.
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: build
uses: actions/setup-node@v1
with:
node-version: '10.16'
- run: |
npm install
npm run build
- name: deploy
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.2.0
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./public
Static Site Generators with Python
name: github pages
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build-deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v1
- name: Set up Python
uses: actions/setup-python@v1
with:
python-version: '3.6'
architecture: 'x64'
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r ./requirements.txt
- name: Build with MkDocs
run: mkdocs build
- name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v2.2.0
env:
ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_DEPLOY_KEY }}
PUBLISH_BRANCH: gh-pages
PUBLISH_DIR: ./site