GitBlog.md/README.md

GitBlog.md (WIP)

This is a work in progress, some information written here might not be true yet.

A static blog using Markdown pulled from your git repository.

Flow

Installation

1. Download and install the latest version from the repo

git clone https://github.com/klemek/gitblog.md.git
npm install

2. Create your config file

cd gitblog.md
cp config.example.json config.json

then edit the config.json file with your custom values.

3. Start your server

npm run
#or
node src/server.js

You might want to use something like screen to separate the process from your current terminal session.

4. Create and init your git source

You need to create a new repository on your favorite Git service.

#gitblog.md/
cd data
git remote add origin <url_of_your_repo.git>
git push -u origin master

5. Refresh content with a webhook (optional)

Create a webhook on your git source (On GitHub, in the Settings/Webhooks part of the repository.) with the following parameters :

• Payload URL : https://<url_of_your_server>/webhook
• Content type : application/json
• Events : Just the push event

6. Securize your webhook (optional)

Here are the steps for Github, if you use another platform adapt it your way (header format on the config) :

• Create a password or random secret
• Calculate it's SHA1
• Edit your configuration to add webhook info

{
...
"webhook": {
    "secret_value": "sha1=<value>",
    "secret_header": "X-Hub-Signature"
  },
...
}

• Launch the server
• Update your webhook on github to include the secret
• Check if Github successfully reached the endpoint