Hugo

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Hugo Host Port
Hugo /app Path

Fast and flexible static site generator — builds your entire site at creation time rather than on each request.


Port	`1313`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo`
Daemonless	daemonless/hugo
Source	gohugoio/hugo
Website	gohugo.io

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  hugo:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest
    container_name: hugo
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/hugo/app:/app"
    ports:
      - 1313:1313
    restart: unless-stopped

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=hugo
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  hugo:
    name: hugo
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - HUGO_BASEURL: !ENV '${HUGO_BASEURL}'
    volumes:
      - HUGO_APP_PATH: /app
volumes:
  HUGO_APP_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/hugo/app'

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:${tag}

podman run -d --name hugo \
  -p 1313:1313 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313 \
  -v /path/to/containers/hugo/app:/app \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest

- name: Deploy hugo
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: hugo
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      HUGO_BASEURL: "http://localhost:1313"
    ports:
      - "1313:1313"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/hugo/app:/app"

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container
`HUGO_BASEURL`	`http://localhost:1313`	Hostname (and path) to the root

Volumes

Path	Description
`/app`	Website source code (mount your repo here)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`1313`	TCP	Dev Server Port

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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