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stage: Create
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group: Incubation
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Tutorial: Use the GitLab UI to deploy your static site **(FREE)**
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This tutorial assumes you have a project that either:
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- Generates static sites or a client-rendered single-page application (SPA),
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such as [Eleventy](https://www.11ty.dev), [Astro](https://astro.build), or [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com).
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- Contains a framework configured for static output, such as [Next.js](https://nextjs.org),
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[Nuxt.js](https://nuxtjs.org), or [SvelteKit](https://kit.svelte.dev).
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## Update your app to output files to the `public` folder
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GitLab Pages requires all files intended to be part of the published website to
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be in a root-level folder called `public`. If you create this folder during the build
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pipeline, committing it to Git is not required.
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For detailed instructions, read [Configure the public files folder](../public_folder.md).
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## Set up the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file
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GitLab helps you write the `.gitlab-ci.yml` needed to create your first GitLab Pages
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deployment pipeline. Rather than building the file from scratch, it asks you to
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provide the build commands, and creates the necessary boilerplate for you.
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To build your YAML file from the GitLab UI:
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1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
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1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > Pages** to display the friendly
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interface **Get Started With Pages**.
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1. If your framework's build process does not need one of the provided build
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commands, you can either:
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- Skip the step by selecting **Next**.
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- Enter `:` (the bash "do nothing" command) if you still want to incorporate that
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step's boilerplate into your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
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1. Optional. Edit and adjust the generated `.gitlab-ci.yml` file as needed.
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1. Commit your `.gitlab-ci.yml` to your repository. This commit triggers your first
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GitLab Pages deployment.
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## Troubleshooting
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### If you can't see the "Get Started with Pages" interface
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GitLab doesn't show this interface if you have either:
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- Deployed a GitLab Pages site before.
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- Committed a `.gitlab-ci.yml` through this interface at least once.
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To fix this problem:
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- If you see the message **Waiting for the Pages Pipeline to complete**, select
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**Start over** to start the wizard again.
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- If your project has previously deployed GitLab Pages successfully,
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[manually update](pages_from_scratch.md) your `.gitlab-ci.yml`.
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