# Deploying

The following guides are based on a few shared assumptions:

• You are placing your docs inside the docs directory of your project;
• You are using the default build output location (.vuepress/dist);
• VuePress is installed as a local dependency in your project, and you have setup the following npm scripts:

{
  "scripts": {
    "docs:build": "vuepress build docs"
  }
}

# GitHub Pages

1. Set correct base in docs/.vuepress/config.js.

   If you are deploying to https://<USERNAME>.github.io/, you can omit base as it defaults to "/".

   If you are deploying to https://<USERNAME>.github.io/<REPO>/, (i.e. your repository is at https://github.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO>), set base to "/<REPO>/".

2. Inside your project, create deploy.sh with the following content (with highlighted lines uncommented appropriately) and run it to deploy:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

# abort on errors
set -e

# build
npm run docs:build

# navigate into the build output directory
cd docs/.vuepress/dist

# if you are deploying to a custom domain
# echo 'www.example.com' > CNAME

git init
git add -A
git commit -m 'deploy'

# if you are deploying to https://<USERNAME>.github.io
# git push -f git@github.com:<USERNAME>/<USERNAME>.github.io.git master

# if you are deploying to https://<USERNAME>.github.io/<REPO>
# git push -f git@github.com:<USERNAME>/<REPO>.git master:gh-pages

cd -

# GitLab Pages and GitLab CI

1. Set correct base in docs/.vuepress/config.js.

   If you are deploying to https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.gitlab.io/, you can omit base as it defaults to "/".

   If you are deploying to https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.gitlab.io/<REPO>/, (i.e. your repository is at https://gitlab.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO>), set base to "/<REPO>/".

2. Set dest in .vuepress/config.js to public.

3. Create a file called .gitlab-ci.yml in the root of your project with the content below. This will build and deploy your site whenever you make changes to your content.

image: node:9.11.1

pages:
  cache:
    paths:
    - node_modules/

  script:
  - npm install
  - npm run docs:build
  artifacts:
    paths:
    - public
  only:
  - master

# Netlify

1. On Netlify, setup up a new project from GitHub with the following settings:

• Build Command: npm run docs:build or yarn docs:build
• Publish directory: docs/.vuepress/dist

2. Hit the deploy button!

# Google Firebase

1. Make sure you have firebase-tools installed.

2. Create firebase.json and .firebaserc at the root of your project with the following content:

firebase.json:

{
 "hosting": {
   "public": "./docs/.vuepress/dist",
   "ignore": []
 }
}

.firebaserc:

{
 "projects": {
   "default": "<YOUR_FIREBASE_ID>"
 }
}

3. After running yarn docs:build or npm run docs:build, deploy with the command firebase deploy.

# Surge

1. First install surge, if you haven't already.

2. Run yarn docs:build or npm run docs:build.

3. Deploy to surge, by typing surge docs/.vuepress/dist.

You can also deploy to a custom domain by adding surge docs/.vuepress/dist yourdomain.com.

# Heroku

1. First install Heroku CLI.

2. Create a Heroku account here.

3. Run heroku login and fill in your Heroku credentials:

heroku login

4. Create a file called static.json in the root of your project with the content below:

static.json:

{
  "root": "./docs/.vuepress/dist"
}

This is the configuration of your site. see more at heroku-buildpack-static.

5. Set up your Heroku git remote:

# version change
git init
git add .
git commit -m "My site ready for deployment."

# creates a new app with a specified name
heroku apps:create example

# set buildpack for static sites
heroku buildpacks:set https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-static.git

6. Deploying Your Site

# publish site
git push heroku master

# opens a browser to view the Dashboard version of Heroku CI
heroku open