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---
title: "Deploying Hugo Sites: A Complete Guide"
date: 2023-07-22
author: "Alex Johnson"
description: "Learn how to deploy your Hugo site to various platforms including Netlify, Vercel, and GitHub Pages."
categories: ["Deployment"]
tags: ["hugo", "deployment", "netlify", "vercel", "github-pages"]
featured_image: "/images/blog/blog-3.webp"
---
{{< toc >}}
## Introduction
Once you've built your Hugo site, the next step is deploying it to make it accessible to the world. This guide covers various deployment options and best practices.
## Popular Deployment Platforms
### 1. Netlify
Netlify offers a seamless deployment experience:
{{< code bash "terminal" >}}
# Create netlify.toml
[build]
publish = "public"
command = "hugo --gc --minify"
[build.environment]
HUGO_VERSION = "0.95.0"
{{< /code >}}
### 2. Vercel
Vercel provides excellent performance and analytics.
### 3. GitHub Pages
Perfect for project sites and personal blogs:
{{< code yaml "github-workflow.yml" >}}
name: GitHub Pages
on:
push:
branches:
- main
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Setup Hugo
uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v2
{{< /code >}}
## Deployment Best Practices
1. **Use Version Control**
- Track your changes
- Collaborate effectively
- Enable automated deployments
2. **Optimize Assets**
- Compress images
- Minify CSS/JS
- Enable caching
3. **Configure CI/CD**
- Automate builds
- Run tests
- Deploy automatically
## Performance Considerations
1. **Page Load Speed**
- Optimize images
- Minimize HTTP requests
- Use CDN
2. **SEO**
- Configure meta tags
- Create sitemap
- Enable robots.txt
## Security Measures
1. **Enable HTTPS**
2. **Configure Headers**
3. **Implement CSP**
## Conclusion
Choosing the right deployment platform and following best practices ensures your Hugo site is fast, secure, and reliable.
## Resources
- [Hugo Deployment Documentation](https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/)
- [Netlify Documentation](https://docs.netlify.com/)
- [Vercel Documentation](https://vercel.com/docs)