How to install and deploy Middleman on server



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Middleman - simple open-source static web site generator.

Why middleman? because:

  • More than 5000 stars on github
  • Write on Ruby
  • Using sass for stylesheets and CoffeeScript for less verbose javascript
  • More than 200 releases
  • Latest release May 2016

Top 2 contributors:

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Installation

Step 1 (installation process)

Requirements:

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gem install middleman

Step 2 (init process )

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middleman init your_blog_name
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cd your_blog_name
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middleman server
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middleman build

Deploy on server

We need an additional gem to deploy - middleman-deploy

https://github.com/middleman-contrib/middleman-deploy

Add the line in your Gemfile Middleman-project:

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gem 'middleman-deploy', github: 'middleman-contrib/middleman-deploy', branch: 'master'

Run bundle install . It will install the gem we have added, and in the meantime we will edit config.rb file by placing lines:

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activate :deploy do |deploy|
  deploy.deploy_method   = :sftp
  deploy.host            = 'you_serv_api'
  deploy.port            = 22
  deploy.path            = '/work/your_path'
end

Ok, you can save the file and close it.

There are still a few commands to do:

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git remote add server root@ip_address:repo/site_name.git
middleman build
middleman deploy

Now you can keep all your projects, built on a design static websites on the same server and save some money on this.