EGI documentation

Sources files used to build EGI documentation.

Hugo is used to build a static website.
The theme docsy is used.
The static site is deployed on GitHub using a dedicated GitHub repository.

If you are interested in contributing please check the Contributing Guide.

Requirements

hugo
NodeJS and other docsy theme dependencies:
- postcss-cli
- autoprofixer

Installing dependencies, building and testing locally

To install npm+nodejs please check the official instructions.

Everything has been tested with Node.js 12.

The dependencies of the docsy theme can be installed as follows:

# from the root of the repository clone
npm ci

The supported Hugo version is documented under the binaries folder. To help testing a binary version of Hugo (extended version. Updates can be downloaded at the Hugo releases page.

Building the site

# From the repository clone root
git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1
./binaries/<platform>/hugo --minify

Testing the site locally

# From the repository clone root
./binaries/<platform>/hugo server -D

The website is available locally at: http://localhost:1313/.

Updating the theme

To ease management the docsy theme has been cloned as a git submodule.

Updating the theme submodule

git submodule foreach git pull
git commit themes/docsy -m 'Update theme'

Deployment to the EGI organisation pages

GitHub Actions will automatically deploy a new version when a PR is merged to master, it will then be availalbe at https://docs.egi.eu.

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