How to Build a Blog Like This: Deploy

This is the third post of a series, you might want to check the previous articles: (Intro and Content) before reading this.

Since we only have static files, we only need a simple web server to serve the site. It can be self-hosted or hosted on a cheap Webhosting solution and there are other cool options, like:

Hosting

I choose GitHub Pages because it is

If you haven’t heard about CDN, CloudFlare has a good and not too long article about it.

Putting it together

There are two things you need to set-up:

  • CNAME file (GitHub creates it for you)
  • A few DNS records

Check out the documentation for the details:

GitHub can also create a certificate using Let’s Encrypt.

A few things to check after your site is up

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