Hosting a Hugo Blog in AWS App Runner

Hugo is great option to host a blog/static content site. Combining Hugo and AWS App Runner is a simple and straightforward approach to hosting your own blog at a reasonable cost. Few items this blog will walk through

• Create a basic hugo site
• Create an nginx Configuration File
• Create an ECR Registry
• Create a Docker Container
• Building a Docker image for Hugo + NGINX
• Deploying to AWS App Runner
• Request a domain in AWS
• Create a hosted zone tied to your new domain in Route 53
• Request a public certificate to use with your App Runner custom domain
• Update App Runner with custom domains

Prerequisits

• Install AWS CLI
• Install Hugo (or see the quick start guide linked below)
• Install Docker

Create a Hugo Site

Follow the Hugo Quick Start guide. A basic Hugo site is sufficient for this guide.

Welcome to My Blog

This is the introduction post for my new blog. In this blog I’ll discuss learning to develop with AI, building applications using AWS, Angular, .Net, Javascript/Typescript, building this blog and other topics.