A Makefile For This Website

I use the makefile below to automate some of the maintenance of this website. It can build, serve, and upload the local copy to the web host. This website uses Jekyll to generate the site from markdown templates.

Optional: Create SSH keypairs

To eliminate the need to provide a password during the upload (scp below), create a new SSH keypair.

$ ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa

Depending on your webhosting service, you might need to upload the key through an administrative interface or use ssh-copy-id to copy it directly to your host.

makefile

# local Jekyll directory name
SITE=plain

# info for hosted website 
USER=XXX
HOSTNAME=XXX

build: clean
	jekyll build -s ${SITE}

# to serve externally, add the --host option
serve:
	jekyll serve -s ${SITE} --host=0.0.0.0 -w

upload: build
	scp -r _site/* ${USER}@${HOSTNAME}:/home/public

clean:
	jekyll clean