hugo Installation Guide Installation Guide

hugo is a free and open-source static site generator. Hugo provides fast static site generator with flexible themes

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 512MB minimum

Storage: 1GB for sites

Network: Build tool

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port N/A (default hugo port)

Dev server on 1313

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install hugo
sudo dnf install -y hugo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now hugo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=N/A/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install hugo
sudo apt install -y hugo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now hugo

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow N/A

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Install hugo
sudo pacman -S hugo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now hugo

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Install hugo
apk add --no-cache hugo

# Enable and start service
rc-update add hugo default
rc-service hugo start

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Install hugo
sudo zypper install -y hugo

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now hugo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=N/A/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install hugo

# Start service
brew services start hugo

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install hugo

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'hugo_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service hugo start

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install hugo

# Or using Scoop
scoop install hugo

# Verify installation
hugo --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/hugo

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
hugo --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable hugo

# Start service
sudo systemctl start hugo

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop hugo

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart hugo

# Check status
sudo systemctl status hugo

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u hugo -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add hugo default

# Start service
rc-service hugo start

# Stop service
rc-service hugo stop

# Restart service
rc-service hugo restart

# Check status
rc-service hugo status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'hugo_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service hugo start

# Stop service
service hugo stop

# Restart service
service hugo restart

# Check status
service hugo status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start hugo
brew services stop hugo
brew services restart hugo

# Check status
brew services list | grep hugo

powershell

# Start service
net start hugo

# Stop service
net stop hugo

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service hugo
Stop-Service hugo
Restart-Service hugo

# Check status
Get-Service hugo

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream hugo_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:N/A;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name hugo.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name hugo.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/hugo.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/hugo.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://hugo_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName hugo.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://hugo.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName hugo.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/hugo.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/hugo.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:N/A/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:N/A/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend hugo_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/hugo.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend hugo_backend

backend hugo_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server hugo1 127.0.0.1:N/A check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R hugo:hugo /etc/hugo
sudo chmod 750 /etc/hugo

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=N/A/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status hugo

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u hugo -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep hugo)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/hugo"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/hugo-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/hugo /var/lib/hugo

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/hugo-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop hugo

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/hugo/hugo-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start hugo

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u hugo -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/hugo/hugo.log

# Check configuration
hugo --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/hugo

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep N/A

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost N/A

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep hugo)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep hugo)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep N/A

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  hugo:
    image: hugo:latest
    ports:
      - "N/A:N/A"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/hugo
      - ./data:/var/lib/hugo
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update hugo

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade hugo

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu hugo

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade hugo

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update hugo

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade hugo

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/hugo-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/hugo

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart hugo

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/hugo

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/hugo -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/hugo

Official Documentation: https://docs.hugo.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/hugo/hugo

Community Forum: https://forum.hugo.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.hugo.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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