Version: 2.0.0-alpha.71 🚧

Deployment

To build the static files of your website for production, run:

npm
Yarn

npm run build

Once it finishes, the static files will be generated within the build/ directory.

You can deploy your site to static site hosting services such as Vercel, GitHub Pages, Netlify, Render, and Surge. Docusaurus sites are statically rendered so they work without JavaScript too!

Testing Build Local#

It is important to test build before deploying to a production. Docusaurus includes a docusaurus serve command to test build locally.

npm
Yarn

npm run serve

Self Hosting#

warning

It is not the most performant solution

Docusaurus can be self hosted using docusaurus serve. Change port using --port and --host to change host.

npm
Yarn

npm run serve -- --build --port 80 --host 0.0.0.0

Deploying to GitHub Pages#

Docusaurus provides an easy way to publish to GitHub Pages. Which is hosting that comes for free with every GitHub repository.

`docusaurus.config.js` settings#

First, modify your docusaurus.config.js and add the required params:

Name	Description
`organizationName`	The GitHub user or organization that owns the repository. If you are the owner, it is your GitHub username. In the case of Docusaurus, it is "facebook" which is the GitHub organization that owns Docusaurus.
`projectName`	The name of the GitHub repository. For example, the repository name for Docusaurus is "docusaurus", so the project name is "docusaurus".
`url`	URL for your GitHub Page's user/organization page. This is commonly https://_username_.github.io.
`baseUrl`	Base URL for your project. For projects hosted on GitHub pages, it follows the format "/projectName/". For https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus, `baseUrl` is `/docusaurus/`.

info

In case you want to use your custom domain for GitHub Pages, create a CNAME file in the static directory. Anything within the static directory will be copied to the root of the build directory for deployment.

You may refer to GitHub Pages' documentation User, Organization, and Project Pages for more details.

Example:

docusaurus.config.js

module.exports = {
  // ...
  url: 'https://endiliey.github.io', // Your website URL
  baseUrl: '/',
  projectName: 'endiliey.github.io',
  organizationName: 'endiliey',
  // ...
};

warning

By default, GitHub Pages runs published files through Jekyll. Since Jekyll will discard any files that begin with _, it is recommended that you disable Jekyll by adding an empty file named .nojekyll file to your static directory.

Environment settings#

Specify the Git user as an environment variable.

Name	Description
`GIT_USER`	The username for a GitHub account that has commit access to this repo. For your own repositories, this will usually be your GitHub username. The specified `GIT_USER` must have push access to the repository specified in the combination of `organizationName` and `projectName`.

Optional parameters, also set as environment variables:

Name	Description
`USE_SSH`	Set to `true` to use SSH instead of the default HTTPS for the connection to the GitHub repo.
`DEPLOYMENT_BRANCH`	The branch that the website will be deployed to, defaults to `gh-pages` for normal repos and `master` for repository names ending in `github.io`.
`CURRENT_BRANCH`	The branch that contains the latest docs changes that will be deployed. Usually, the branch will be `master`, but it could be any branch (default or otherwise) except for `gh-pages`. If nothing is set for this variable, then the current branch will be used.
`GIT_PASS`	Password (or token) of the `git` user (specified by `GIT_USER`). For example, to facilitate non-interactive deployment (e.g. continuous deployment)

GitHub enterprise installations should work in the same manner as github.com; you only need to set the organization's GitHub Enterprise host as an environment veriable:

Name	Description
`GITHUB_HOST`	The domain name of your GitHub enterprise site.

Deploy#

Finally, to deploy your site to GitHub Pages, run:

Bash
Windows
PowerShell

GIT_USER=<GITHUB_USERNAME> yarn deploy

Triggering deployment with GitHub Actions#

GitHub Actions allow you to automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your repository.

This workflow assumes your documentation resided in documentation branch of your repository and your publishing source is configured for gh-pages branch.

Generate a new SSH key.
By default, your public key should have been created in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub or use the name you've provided in the previous step to add your key to GitHub deploy keys.
Copy key to clipboard with xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub and paste it as a deploy key in your repository. Copy file content if the command line doesn't work for you. Check the box for Allow write access before saving your deployment key.
You'll need your private key as a GitHub secret to allow Docusaurus to run the deployment for you.
Copy your private key with xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa and paste a GitHub secret with name GH_PAGES_DEPLOY. Copy file content if the command line doesn't work for you. Save your secret.
Create you documentation workflow file in .github/workflows/. In this example it's documentation.yml.

documentation.yml

name: documentation

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [documentation]
  push:
    branches: [documentation]

jobs:
  checks:
    if: github.event_name != 'push'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: '12.x'
      - name: Test Build
        run: |
          if [ -e yarn.lock ]; then
          yarn install --frozen-lockfile
          elif [ -e package-lock.json ]; then
          npm ci
          else
          npm i
          fi
          npm run build
  gh-release:
    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: '12.x'
      - uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.5.0
        with:
          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_PAGES_DEPLOY }}
      - name: Release to GitHub Pages
        env:
          USE_SSH: true
          GIT_USER: git
        run: |
          git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
          git config --global user.name "gh-actions"
          if [ -e yarn.lock ]; then
          yarn install --frozen-lockfile
          elif [ -e package-lock.json ]; then
          npm ci
          else
          npm i
          fi
          npm run deploy

Now when a new pull request arrives towards your repository in branch documentation it will automatically ensure that Docusaurus build is successful.
When pull request is merged to documentation branch or someone pushes to documentation branch directly it will be built and deployed to gh-pages branch.
After this step, your updated documentation will be available on the GitHub pages.

Triggering deployment with Travis CI#

Continuous integration (CI) services are typically used to perform routine tasks whenever new commits are checked in to source control. These tasks can be any combination of running unit tests and integration tests, automating builds, publishing packages to NPM, and deploying changes to your website. All you need to do to automate the deployment of your website is to invoke the yarn deploy script whenever your website is updated. The following section covers how to do just that using Travis CI, a popular continuous integration service provider.

Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens and generate a new personal access token. When creating the token, grant it the repo scope so that it has the permissions it needs.
Using your GitHub account, add the Travis CI app to the repository you want to activate.
Open your Travis CI dashboard. The URL looks like https://travis-ci.com/USERNAME/REPO, and navigate to the More options > Setting > Environment Variables section of your repository.
Create a new environment variable named GH_TOKEN with your newly generated token as its value, then GH_EMAIL (your email address) and GH_NAME (your GitHub username).
Create a .travis.yml on the root of your repository with the following:

.travis.yml

language: node_js
node_js:
  - '10'
branches:
  only:
    - master
cache:
  yarn: true
script:
  - git config --global user.name "${GH_NAME}"
  - git config --global user.email "${GH_EMAIL}"
  - echo "machine github.com login ${GH_NAME} password ${GH_TOKEN}" > ~/.netrc
  - yarn && GIT_USER="${GH_NAME}" yarn deploy

Now, whenever a new commit lands in master, Travis CI will run your suite of tests and if everything passes, your website will be deployed via the yarn deploy script.

Using Azure Pipelines#

Sign Up at Azure Pipelines if you haven't already.
Create an organization and within the organization create a project and connect your repository from GitHub.
Go to https://github.com/settings/tokens and generate a new personal access token with the repo scope.
In the project page (which looks like https://dev.azure.com/ORG_NAME/REPO_NAME/_build) create a new pipeline with the following text. Also, click on edit and add a new environment variable named GH_TOKEN with your newly generated token as its value, then GH_EMAIL (your email address) and GH_NAME (your GitHub username). Make sure to mark them as secret. Alternatively, you can also add a file named azure-pipelines.yml at yout repository root.

azure-pipelines.yml

trigger:
  - master

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

steps:
  - checkout: self
    persistCredentials: true

  - task: NodeTool@0
    inputs:
      versionSpec: '10.x'
    displayName: 'Install Node.js'

  - script: |
      git config --global user.name "${GH_NAME}"
      git config --global user.email "${GH_EMAIL}"
      git checkout -b master
      echo "machine github.com login ${GH_NAME} password ${GH_TOKEN}" > ~/.netrc
      yarn && GIT_USER="${GH_NAME}" yarn deploy
    env:
      GH_NAME: $(GH_NAME)
      GH_EMAIL: $(GH_EMAIL)
      GH_TOKEN: $(GH_TOKEN)
    displayName: 'yarn install and build'

Using Drone#

Create a new ssh key that will be the deploy key for your project.
Name your private and public keys to be specific and so that it does not overwrite your other ssh keys.
Go to https://github.com/USERNAME/REPO/settings/keys and add a new deploy key by pasting in our public key you just generated.
Open your Drone.io dashboard and login. The URL looks like https://cloud.drone.io/USERNAME/REPO.
Click on the repository, click on activate repository, and add a secret called git_deploy_private_key with your private key value that you just generated.
Create a .drone.yml on the root of your repository with below text.

# .drone.yml
kind: pipeline
type: docker
trigger:
  event:
    - tag
- name: Website
  image: node
  commands:
    - mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
    - ssh-keyscan -t rsa github.com >> $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
    - echo "$GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY > $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
    - chmod 0600 $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa
    - cd website
    - npm i
    - npm run publish-gh-pages
  environment:
    USE_SSH: true
    GIT_USER: $DRONE_COMMIT_AUTHOR
    GITHUB_PRIVATE_KEY: git_deploy_private_key

Now, whenever you push a new tag to github, this trigger will start the drone ci job to publish your website.

Deploying to Netlify#

To deploy your Docusaurus 2 sites to Netlify, first make sure the following options are properly configured:

docusaurus.config.js

module.exports = {
  url: 'https://docusaurus-2.netlify.com', // Url to your site with no trailing slash
  baseUrl: '/', // Base directory of your site relative to your repo
  // ...
};

Then, create your site with Netlify.

While you set up the site, specify the build commands and directories as follows:

build command: npm run build
build directory: build

If you did not configure these build options, you may still go to "Site settings" -> "Build and deploy" after your site is created.

Once properly configured with the above options, your site should deploy and automatically redeploy upon merging to your deploy branch, which defaults to master.

important

Make sure to disable Netlify setting Pretty URLs to prevent lowercased URLs, unnecessary redirects and 404 errors.

Deploying to Vercel#

Deploying your Docusaurus project to Vercel will provide you with various benefits in the areas of performance and ease of use.

To deploy your Docusaurus project with a Vercel for Git Integration, make sure it has been pushed to a Git repository.

Import the project into Vercel using the Import Flow. During the import, you will find all relevant options preconfigured for you; however, you can choose to change any of these options, a list of which can be found here.

After your project has been imported, all subsequent pushes to branches will generate Preview Deployments, and all changes made to the Production Branch (commonly "main") will result in a Production Deployment.

Deploying to Render#

Render offers free static site hosting with fully managed SSL, custom domains, a global CDN and continuous auto-deploy from your Git repo. Get started in just a few minutes by following Render's guide to deploying Docusaurus.

Deploying to Surge#

Surge is a static web hosting platform, it is used to deploy your Docusaurus project from the command line in a minute. Deploying your project to Surge is easy and it is also free (including a custom domain and SSL).

Deploy your app in a matter of seconds using surge with the following steps:

First, install Surge using npm by running the following command:

npm install --g surge

To build the static files of your site for production in the root directory of your project, run:

npm run build

Then, run this command inside the root directory of your project:

surge build/

First-time users of Surge would be prompted to create an account from the command line(happens only once).

Confirm that the site you want to publish is in the build directory, a randomly generated subdomain *.surge.sh subdomain is always given (which can be edited).

Using your domain#

If you have a domain name you can deploy your site using surge to your domain using the command:

surge build/ yourdomain.com

Your site is now deployed for free at subdomain.surge.sh or yourdomain.com depending on the method you chose.

Setting up CNAME file#

Store your domain in a CNAME file for future deployments with the following command:

echo subdomain.surge.sh > CNAME

You can deploy any other changes in the future with the command surge.

Testing Build Local#

Self Hosting#

warning

Deploying to GitHub Pages#

docusaurus.config.js settings#

info

warning

Environment settings#

Deploy#

Triggering deployment with GitHub Actions#

Triggering deployment with Travis CI#

Using Azure Pipelines#

Using Drone#

Deploying to Netlify#

important

Deploying to Vercel#

Deploying to Render#

Deploying to Surge#

Using your domain#

Setting up CNAME file#

`docusaurus.config.js` settings#