Hugo

Hugo links

• Hugo documentation
• Hugo forum (really useful)

How to install Hugo on Debian-based linux distributions

• Download the .deb package from Hugo releases on Github
• run sudo dpkg -i hugo_XX.YY.ZZ_Linux-64bit.deb

Hugo basics

• All content is written in Markdown, and placed in content/ directory.
• Configuration of the website is in config/ directory.
• Once build, the generated website is placed in static/ directory (important for Gitlab Pages).
• Themes may be used, they are placed in themes/ directory. Please note they are inserted as git submodules.

Hugo integration within IntelliJ

• Plugin Hugo Integration
• Or directly within IntelliJ: File > Settings > Plugins, then search Hugo

Run Hugo locally

From the repository’s root:

hugo server --buildDrafts

Then browse http://localhost:1313/