#Deploy to GitLab pages

GitLab pages allows you to deploy static websites using their CI tools.

First, you need to make a few preparations:

1. Set correct base in gridsome.config.js:

If you are deploying to https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.gitlab.io/, you can omit pathPrefix as it defaults to "/".

If you are deploying to https://<USERNAME or GROUP>.gitlab.io/<REPO>/, (i.e. your repository is at https://gitlab.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO>), set pathPrefix to "/<REPO>/"

2. Set outputDir in gridsome.config.js to 'public'.

3. Create a .gitlab-ci.yml file in the root of your project with the content below. This will build and deploy your site whenever you make changes to your content.

image: node:10.15.0

pages:
  cache:
    paths:
      - node_modules/
  script:
    - npm install
    - npm run build
    # Optional: this gzips all files, so GitLab can serve compressed assets.
    - gzip -k -6 $(find public -type f)
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - public
  only:
    - master