Hugo

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
Source	https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo
Website	https://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.

Prerequisites

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

Deployment

Podman Compose

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:
      - "/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.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

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

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  hugo:
    name: hugo
    options:
      - container: '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: /app
volumes:
  hugo_app:
    device: '/containers/hugo/app'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

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

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

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  hugo:
    name: hugo
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/hugo:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - HUGO_BASEURL=http://localhost:1313
    volumes:
      - "/containers/hugo/app:/app"

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

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

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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