jkl

Introduction

jkl is a static site generator written in Go, based on Jekyll

Notable similarities between jkl and Jekyll:

• Directory structure
• Use of YAML front matter in Pages and Posts
• Availability of site, content, page and posts variables in templates
• Copies all static files into destination directory

Notable differences between jkl and Jekyll:

• Uses Go templates
• Only supports YAML front matter in markup files
• No plugin support

Additional features:

• Deploy to Qiniu Cloud Storage
• Deploy to Amazon S3

Sites built with jkl:

• Drone.io Documentation: http://docs.drone.io
• Drone.io Blog: http://blog.drone.io
• Qiniu Cloud Storage Documentation: http://docs.qiniu.com

Source of above sites:

• https://github.com/drone/docs.drone.io
• https://github.com/drone/blog.drone.io
• https://github.com/qiniu/docs.qiniu.com

Installation

You can select the binary distribution that matches your operating system and processor architecture as bellow.

• Mac OS X 64-bit zip tar.gz
• Mac OS X 32-bit zip tar.gz
• Linux 64-bit zip tar.gz
• Linux 32-bit zip tar.gz
• FreeBSD 64-bit zip tar.gz
• FreeBSD 32-bit zip tar.gz
• Windows 64-bit zip tar.gz
• Windows 32-bit zip tar.gz

If you want to install from source you should install the Go tools first.

In order to compile with go build you will first need to download the following dependencies(be sure you have already set the GOPATH environment variable):

go get github.com/qiniu/bytes
go get github.com/qiniu/rpc
go get github.com/qiniu/api
go get github.com/russross/blackfriday
go get github.com/howeyc/fsnotify
go get launchpad.net/goyaml
go get launchpad.net/gocheck
go get launchpad.net/goamz/aws
go get launchpad.net/goamz/s3

Compile it form source

git clone git://github.com/why404/jkl.git
cd jkl
go build

Once you have compiled or downloaded jkl you can install with the following command:

sudo mv ./jkl /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jkl

Usage

Usage: jkl [OPTION]... [SOURCE]

      --auto                re-generates the site when files are modified
      --base-url            serve website from a given base URL
      --source              changes the dir where Jekyll will look to transform files
      --destination         changes the dir where Jekyll will write files to
      --server              starts a server that will host your _site directory
      --port                changes the port that the Jekyll server will run on
      --s3                  copies the _site directory to s3
      --s3-config           path to the _jekyll_s3.yml file that specifies your AWS key, secret and bucket
      --s3-key              aws access key use for s3 authentication
      --s3-secret           aws secret key use for s3 authentication
      --s3-bucket           name of the s3 bucket
      --qiniu               copies the _site directory to Qiniu Cloud Storage
      --qiniu-config        path to the _jekyll_qiniu.yml file that specifies your Qiniu key, secret and bucket
      --qiniu-key           access key use for qiniu authentication
      --qiniu-secret        secret key use for qiniu authentication
      --qiniu-bucket        name of the qiniu bucket

  -v, --verbose             runs jkl with verbose output
  -h, --help                display this help and exit

Examples:
  jkl                       generates site from current working directory
  jkl /path/to/site         generates site from source dir /path/to/site
  jkl --server              generates site and serves at localhost:4000
  jkl --server --port=:4567 generates site and serves at localhost:4567
  jkl --s3 --verbose        copies the _site directory to s3
  jkl --qiniu --verbose     copies the _site directory to Qiniu Cloud Storage

Auto Generation

If you are running the website in server mode, with the --server flag, you can also instruct jkl to auto-recompile you website by adding the --auto flag.

Deploy to Qiniu Cloud Storage

In order to deploy to Qiniu Cloud Storage you must include a _jekyll_qiniu.yml file that specifies your Qiniu key, secret and bucket:

access_key: YOUR_QINIU_ACCESS_KEY
secret_key: YOUR_QINIU_SECRET_KEY
bucket: YOUR_QINIU_BUCKET

If the _jekyll_qiniu.yml file in your site's root directory, you can run

jkl --qiniu

otherwise, run this:

jkl --qiniu --qiniu-config=/path/to/_jekyll_qiniu.yml

If you do not want to use the config file, you can do it as the following command:

jkl --qiniu \ 
    --qiniu-key=YOUR_QINIU_ACCESS_KEY \
    --qiniu-secret=YOUR_QINIU_SECRET_KEY \
    --qiniu-bucket=YOUR_QINIU_BUCKET

Runs jkl with verbose output you can use the --verbose option.

Deploy to Amazon S3

If you want to deploy to Amazon S3 you must include a _jekyll_s3.yml file that specifies your AWS key, secret and bucket:

s3_id: YOUR_AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
s3_secret: YOUR_AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
s3_bucket: YOUR_AWS_S3_BUCKET

If the _jekyll_s3.yml file in your site's root directory, you can run

jkl --s3

otherwise, run this:

jkl --s3 --s3-config=/path/to/_jekyll_s3.yml

If you do not want to use the config file, you can do it as the following command:

jkl --s3 \ 
    --s3-key=YOUR_AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID \
    --s3-secret=YOUR_AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
    --s3-bucket=YOUR_AWS_S3_BUCKET

Runs jkl with verbose output you can use the --verbose option.

Documentation

See the official Jekyll wiki ... just remember that you are using Go templates instead of Liquid templates.