---
title: 'Using Hugo With Docker'
slug: using-hugo-with-docker
date: '2026-01-25T20:21:19Z'
categories: ["Web", "All"]
tags: ["Web", "HUGO", "Static Site"]
draft: true
---

Lately I've been going over the way I have things setup with my docker stacks and going over the stuff that I use and if that still makes sense for current me.  
One of the things that stood out was my own homepage, the one you are reading this on. It was running on Wordpress before I started this article but hopefully will be made with [HUGO](https://www.gohugo.io/) from this point on.  

In the ever changing landscape of the internet I was feeling less and less at home with Wordpress, it requires more upkeep then I would like, it's heavy, relies on lot's of third-party plugins with questionable security practices, and overall felt less of a good fit with how my views and skills have changed over time.  
When looking around with what I wanted to use in it's place, [HUGO](https://www.gohugo.io/) came up again and again. I knew I wanted to go with a static site generator because of the security implications.  
After all, I don't really need very much interactive features so just flat HTML + CSS makes sense and it makes it really hard to exploit with any PHP or SQL shenanigans.  

Most other static site generator I found where still focused heavily on silicon valley concepts with massive amounts of mentions to tracking, interaction with cloud services, e-commerce ready, social media aware scale-out marketing bullshit.
All the stuff I hate about the modern web.  
Sure [HUGO](https://www.gohugo.io/) has those options too, but it kept cropping up in all my searches, so I'm going to give it a go!

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## Okay, so it's going to be HUGO, now what?

HUGO's documentation on running with docker is a bit on the sparse side but I've managed to work it out enough to make a working deployment.


from project dir #/opt/hugo/

#### Test if container works version
```shell
docker run --rm -v .:/project -u $(id -u):$(id -g) ghcr.io/gohugoio/hugo:latest version
Expected:"hugo v0.154.5+extended+withdeploy linux/amd64 BuildDate=unknown VendorInfo=docker"
```
#### create new
```shell
docker run --rm -v .:/project -u $(id -u):$(id -g) ghcr.io/gohugoio/hugo:latest new site <NAME>
cd <NAME>
git init
#git submodule add https://github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananke.git themes/ananke
echo "theme = 'phiaxnl'" >> hugo.toml
```
#### create content
```shell
docker run --rm -v .:/project -u $(id -u):$(id -g) ghcr.io/gohugoio/hugo:latest new content content/posts/my-first-post.md
```
#### run empty dev server
```shell
docker run --rm -v .:/project -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -p 80:1313 ghcr.io/gohugoio/hugo:latest server --bind="0.0.0.0" --noHTTPCache
```
#### build draft
```shell
docker run --rm -v .:/project -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -p 80:1313 ghcr.io/gohugoio/hugo:latest server --bind="0.0.0.0" --noHTTPCache --buildDrafts
```


#### Sources
https://gohugo.io/getting-started/quick-start/
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pkgs/container/hugo
