Jekyll
Jekyll is a popular framework for building static websites.
You can deploy a Jekyll site on Simplifyd in just a few steps.
A sample Jekyll website for this quick start is deployed at https://jekyll-example.simplifyd.app.
- Fork the sample project on Github at https://github.com/simplifyd-examples/jekyll-example
- Create a new project on Simplifyd:
- specify a name for the project
- set the region to
nga-west-1 - Leave the environment variables blank since we won't be using environment variables in this example
- Create a new app in the project created in the step above:
- specify a name for the app
- set app type to be
jekyll - specify the Git account (this could be one of the following:
[Github Bitbucket Gitlab]) where you forked the repo to - specify the repo URL. This should be the URL of the forked repo and should be available in the specified Git account from the step above
- Deploy the app:
- specify a runner. For this example a
nanorunner would do just fine
- specify a runner. For this example a
That’s it! Your Jekyll website will be live on your Simplifyd vanity URL as soon as the build finishes. You can always specify a custom domain/URL. Check the "adding a custom domain" section for how to do that.