Last week I wrote how I migrated my site from a dynamic CMS to a static site generated using Hugo. The site & all supporting processes are hosted in Microsoft Azure. In this post, I will explain how the site is automatically built and deployed when I either push new/updated content as well as on a scheduled basis. This is all implemented using Azure DevOps pipelines.

Last week I wrote how I migrated my site from a dynamic CMS to a static site generated using Hugo. The entire site and all supporting processes are hosted in the Microsoft cloud, specifically Azure DevOps & Microsoft Azure. In this post, I will explain how the site is hosted in Microsoft Azure. This assumes the static files have already been built so you will see how it's exposed to the world.

I started this site and blogging as a personal journal almost exactly 16 years ago today, in September 2003. Over the last 16 years, I’ve used three different open source engines to implement the site, starting with .Text, it’s successor SubText and then moved to Orchard CMS in 2013. Orchard served me well for the last six years, but after much consideration, I’ve made yet another re-platforming move. The site you’re reading right now is on the new platform!