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

Build Status Last Commit

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 — recommended.
pkg FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages. Production stability.
pkg-latest FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates. Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

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services:
  hugo:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest"
    container_name: hugo
    environment:
      - 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/to/containers/hugo/app:/app"
    ports:
      - "1313:1313"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

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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

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

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- 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"

Save as hugo-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook hugo-deploy.yaml.

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# .env

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

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# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  hugo:
    name: hugo
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '1313:1313 proto:tcp'
    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'

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# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

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appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="1313:1313 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313 \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/hugo/app /app <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest hugo

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah, shares the host network stack (inherit), and persists image-declared volumes under --data-path.

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services:
  hugo:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest"
    container_name: hugo
    network_mode: host  # jail shares host networking
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313

Save as podman-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

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bastille create -O \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --env HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313 \
  --data-path /path/to/containers/hugo \
  hugo ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest inherit

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 15.1).

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