# A guide to deploying Hugo behind CloudFront with SSL

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/a-guide-to-deploying-hugo-behind-cloudfront-with-ssl/16956>\
**Category:** tips & tricks\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/a-guide-to-deploying-hugo-behind-cloudfront-with-ssl/16956 "2019-02-12T05:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![rorygibson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rorygibson/32/7880_2.png) [@rorygibson](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/rorygibson)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/a-guide-to-deploying-hugo-behind-cloudfront-with-ssl/16956/1 "2019-02-12T05:30:13Z")

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A quick blog on getting a basic Hugo site deployed on S3, behind CloudFront, with SSL

[https://trolley.link/2019/02/11/jamstack-hugo.html](https://trolley.link/2019/02/11/jamstack-hugo.html)

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**Author:** ![RickCogley](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/rickcogley/32/10269_2.png) [@RickCogley](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/RickCogley)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/a-guide-to-deploying-hugo-behind-cloudfront-with-ssl/16956/2 "2019-02-12T06:13:05Z")

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Good article, but for deploying in that scenario, [https://github.com/bep/s3deploy](https://github.com/bep/s3deploy) will serve triers better.