Move off from netlify to gh pages for deployment previews

.github/workflows/build-and-preview-docs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+name: Build and Preview Docs
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    branches: [master]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: preview-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy-preview:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    env:
+      HUGO_VERSION: 0.157.0
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout PR code
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+          submodules: recursive
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Checkout for cleanup
+        if: github.event.action == 'closed'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: gh-pages
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install Hugo CLI
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        run: |
+          wget -O ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v${HUGO_VERSION}/hugo_extended_${HUGO_VERSION}_linux-amd64.deb \
+          && sudo dpkg -i ${{ runner.temp }}/hugo.deb
+
+      - name: Install Dart Sass
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        run: sudo snap install dart-sass
+
+      - name: Setup Node
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        run: "[[ -f package-lock.json || -f npm-shrinkwrap.json ]] && npm ci || true"
+
+      - name: Build PR preview
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        env:
+          HUGO_ENVIRONMENT: production
+          HUGO_ENV: production
+          HUGO_PREVIEW: "true"
+        run: |
+          hugo \
+            --gc \
+            --minify \
+            --baseURL "/"
+          cat > public/robots.txt <<'EOF'
+          User-agent: *
+          Disallow: /
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Deploy PR preview
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        uses: rossjrw/pr-preview-action@v1.6.3
+        with:
+          source-dir: ./public
+          preview-branch: gh-pages
+          umbrella-dir: pr-preview
+          action: auto
+          comment: false
+
+      - name: Comment PR with Preview URL
+        if: github.event.action != 'closed'
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
+        with:
+          header: pr-preview
+          message: |
+            🚀 **Preview deployment for PR #${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}**
+
+            🌐 **Preview URL**: https://${{ github.repository_owner }}.github.io/${{ github.event.repository.name }}/pr-preview/pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/
+
+            _This preview will be updated automatically when you push new commits to this PR._
+      - name: Cleanup PR preview on close
+        if: github.event.action == 'closed'
+        uses: rossjrw/pr-preview-action@v1.6.3
+        with:
+          preview-branch: gh-pages
+          umbrella-dir: pr-preview
+          action: remove

.github/workflows/hugo.yaml

@@ -12,24 +12,20 @@ on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-# Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
 permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pages: write
-  id-token: write
+  contents: write
 
 concurrency:
-  group: "pages-deployment"
-  cancel-in-progress: true  # Only latest deployment runs
+  group: pages-deployment
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 # Default to bash
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
 
 jobs:
-  # Build job
-  build:
+  deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     env:
       HUGO_VERSION: 0.157.0
@@ -45,34 +41,27 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Pages
-        id: pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: "[[ -f package-lock.json || -f npm-shrinkwrap.json ]] && npm ci || true"
       - name: Build with Hugo
         env:
-          # For maximum backward compatibility with Hugo modules
           HUGO_ENVIRONMENT: production
           HUGO_ENV: production
         run: |
           hugo \
             --gc \
             --minify \
-            --baseURL "${{ steps.pages.outputs.base_url }}/"          
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: ./public
-
-  # Deployment job
-  deploy:
-    environment:
-      name: github-pages
-      url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: build
-    steps:
+            --baseURL "/"
+          cp CNAME public/CNAME
+          touch public/.nojekyll
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-        id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+        uses: peaceiris/actions-gh-pages@v4
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          publish_dir: ./public
+          publish_branch: gh-pages
+          keep_files: true

hugo.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 baseURL = "https://docs.layer5.io"
 title = "Layer5 Documentation"
+relativeURLs = true
+canonifyURLs = false
 
 # Language settings
 contentDir = "content/en"

layouts/partials/head.html

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 {{ end -}}
 
 {{ $outputFormat := partial "outputformat.html" . -}}
-{{ if and hugo.IsProduction (ne $outputFormat "print") -}}
+{{ if eq (getenv "HUGO_PREVIEW") "true" -}}
+<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
+{{ else if and hugo.IsProduction (ne $outputFormat "print") -}}
 <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
 {{ else -}}
 <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

layouts/robots.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+User-agent: *
+Allow: /
+Disallow: /pr-preview/