Octopress workflow with Docker

Run Octopress via Docker.

Installation

First, fork this repo. It's going to contain your site source code (markdown). Then clone it (replacing dergachev with your github username):

git clone git@github.com:dergachev/docker-octopress

Now either download the ready-made Docker image:

docker pull dergachev/octopress

Alternatively, build the image manually from the included Dockerfile:

make docker-build

Now clone the repository you will deploy the generated HTML to into ./deploy_repo:

make deploy_repo

Then maybe edit ./config/_config.yml unless you want your site called "Alex Dergachev's Blog"

Usage

Create a new post:

make new_post

Generate HTML site (from ./posts into ./public):

make generate

Automatically regenerate site as you edit files in ./posts, and serve on http://localhost:4000:

make preview

Commit and push the HTML into your github deploy repo:

make deploy

See a list of available rake tasks defined by Octopress:

make rake

Run an abritrary rake task:

make rake-new_page   # runs 'rake new_page' inside docker

Debugging

Something funky? Or want to do something custom that my Makefile doesn't support? Start a bash shell within docker:

make shell

Don't forget that all the directories are mounted, so don't delete anything by accident.