Automating Hugo Deployment with Gitea Actions
+ Oops... That Was a Mistake
Recently, I tried setting up Gitea Actions to automatically update my Hugo blog whenever I pushed new content. The idea was simple: -Use Gitea’s built-in CI/CD to pull the repo, Build the site using Hugo, Deploy it to the server. Setting Up Gitea Actions First, I created a .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml file with the following steps: -name: Deploy Hugo Site on: push: branches: - main jobs: build: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Clone repository uses: actions/checkout@v3 - name: Install Hugo run: | sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y hugo - name: Build site run: hugo -D - name: Deploy to server run: | scp -r public/* user@server:/var/www/html/ Authentication Issues 😩 To deploy, I needed SSH access to the server. Gitea doesn’t have built-in secrets management (like GitHub Actions), so I had to hardcode my SSH private key inside the workflow. -...
+So… turns out posting my SSH private key in a blog post wasn’t the smartest move. 🙃 +I didn’t even realize it until someone pointed it out. +Obviously, I had to delete the previous post ASAP. Lesson learned: Always double-check what you’re pushing to production! +A new, safer version of the post will be up soon. This time, I’ll be using a better approach—stay tuned! +
