CI/CD for Hexo
📚 Learn more about Hexo action features, integrations and alternatives.
With Buddy, you can create a pipeline that builds, tests, and deploys Hexo websites on a single push to Git. The configuration is super simple and takes 10 to 15 minutes.
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1. Select your Git repository
Buddy supports all popular Git hosting providers, including GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab. You can also use your own private Git server, or host code directly on Buddy.
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2. Add a new delivery pipeline
Enter the pipeline's name, select the trigger mode, and define the branch from which Buddy will fetch your code:
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Trigger modes
- Manually (on click) — recommended for Production
- On events (automatic) — recommended for Development
- On schedule (on time interval) — recommended for Staging/Testing
3. Add actions
Buddy lets you choose from dozens of predefined actions. In this example, we'll add 3 actions that will perform the following tasks:
- Build and test your Hexo website
- Upload website to server
- Send notification to Slack
3.1 Build and test your Hexo website
Look up and click Hexo on the action list to add it to the pipeline:
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The Run tab lets you determine the commands to execute. The default commands are:
npm install
hexo generate
$$
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3.1.2 Hexo version
You can change the version of Hexo and install missing packages & tools in the runtime environment tab:
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3.2 Deploy website to server
The website is ready for upload. Head to the Transfer section and select your deploy action (SFTP in our case):
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When adding the action you can choose what and where should be uploaded:
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3.3 Send notification to Slack
You can configure Buddy to send your team a message after the deployment. In this example we'll use Slack:
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4. Summary
Congratulations! You have just automated your entire delivery process. Make a push to the selected branch and watch Buddy fetch, build, and deploy your project. With Continuous Delivery applied, you can now focus on what's really important: developing awesome apps! 🔥
Sep 23, 2024