How to Auto‑Deploy a Hugo Blog to AWS Using GitHub Actions (Step‑by‑Step Guide)

A complete step‑by‑step tutorial on automating Hugo deployments to AWS S3 and CloudFront using GitHub Actions. No more manual uploads — just push your changes and let CI/CD handle the rest. How to Auto‑Deploy a Hugo Blog to AWS Using GitHub Actions (Step‑by‑Step Guide) In the previous blog posts we did the following: Created a blog post with Hugo Deployed the Hugo blog to AWS For background, see: ...

March 28, 2026 · 6 min · Robert Zaharia

Deploy Hugo to AWS S3 and CloudFront

Deploy your Hugo blog to AWS S3 and CloudFront for a secure, globally-distributed website. This complete guide covers architecture diagrams, security best practices, and automation to get your blog live with a global CDN. Prerequisites This post is the second part of a series on building and hosting a blog with Hugo. Before diving into deployment, make sure you’ve completed the first post: 📖 Create Your Own Hugo Blog - Learn how to install Hugo, set up a site, install PaperMod, create posts, and configure metadata. ...

March 23, 2026 · 9 min

Create Your Own Hugo Blog

Learn how to create a fast, secure static blog with Hugo and PaperMod. This step-by-step guide covers installation, theme setup, creating posts, and how to add rich metadata to improve your blog’s SEO and appearance. For some time I’ve been looking in ways to create my own blog, but also to learn from the process. As I have a note taking app (Joplin) which is based on Markdown files and stored in AWS S3, I was looking for a blog that is based on Markdown files. ...

March 22, 2026 · 6 min