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'''<dfn>[https://www.netlify.com Netlify]</dfn>''' is a CDN/static hosting provider with integrated build service, useful for [[static site generator]]s.

Netlify provides continuous deployment of static sites (example, built using [[hugo]], and provides hosting for those too. The condition is that all site content has to be purely '''static'''.. so no scripts running on their server.

== How to ==
Here's a typical flow for deploying sites through Netlify:

Assuming that the user has already linked their online git repo (like [[GitHub]], [[GitLab]], [[Bitbucket]]) with their Netlify account,

# User commits changes to the git repo holding the source of their static site.
# Netlify receive that commit ping, and triggers a fresh build of the user's site using that latest commit.
# Netlify deploys that site at the domain the user configured.

== Limitations ==

As Netlify needs the served sites to be 100% static, they cannot run any script (PHP, etc.) to serve as an [[endpoint]] for [[Webmention]], [[micropub]], etc., endpoints for such Netlify-hosted sites need to be hosted separately somewhere else. 

However, Netlify does offer a [[serverless]] functions platform called [https://www.netlify.com/products/functions/ Functions] which https://piperswe.me/ has written about using for Serverless [[Indieauth]] at https://piperswe.me/posts/serverless-indieauth/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20190423134844/https://piperswe.me/posts/serverless-indieauth/ (Archive)]. They also have an [https://www.netlify.com/blog/2021/04/14/faster-builds-for-large-sites-on-netlify-with-on-demand-builders-now-in-early-access/ early-access feature] to build individual pages on-demand for sites with large numbers of pages.

{{jamietanna}} has https://micropub-media-endpoint-proxy.netlify.com/ which is a service to allow uploading files directly to the media endpoint, which uses Netlify Functions for proxying the request to the user's media endpoint.

== Related Tools ==

* [https://github.com/jgarber623/jekyll-netlify-headers jekyll-netlify-headers] - Ruby gem for generating a Netlify headers configuration from a Jekyll configuration
* [https://github.com/jgarber623/jekyll-netlify-redirects jekyll-netlify-redirects] - Ruby gem for generating a Netlify redirects configuration from a Jekyll configuration
* [https://github.com/joshers/micropub https://github.com/joshers/micropub] - A serverless Micropub server that accepts CREATE, UPDATE, and DELETE requests, designed to run on Netlify and integrate with static site generators such as [[Eleventy]] and [[Hugo]].
* [https://github.com/CodeFoodPixels/netlify-plugin-webmentions netlify-plugin-webmentions] Netlify build plugin to send webmentions.
* [https://github.com/benjifs/micropub benjifs/micropub] - A serverless [[micropub-endpoint|Micropub]] and [[micropub_media_endpoint|Media]] endpoint that integrates with GitHub or GitLab to commit changes to your site's repo. Has been tested with [[Eleventy]] and [[Hugo]].

== IndieWeb Examples ==
* {{kaushalmodi}} uses [[GitLab]] + [[hugo]] + [[Netlify]] for his homepage.
* {{jgarber}} uses [[GitHub]], [[Jekyll]], and [[Netlify]] for hosting several static websites.
* {{iambismark}} uses [[GitLab]] + [[hugo]] + [[Netlify]] for his homepage.
* {{jamietanna}} uses [[GitLab]] [[Hugo]] and [[Netlify]] for www.jvt.me
* {{jamietanna}} created https://micropub-media-endpoint-proxy.netlify.com/ which is a service to allow uploading files directly to the media endpoint, which uses Netlify Functions
* {{robertvanbregt}} uses [[GitHub]] + [[Hugo]] + [[Netlify]] for his [[personal domain]].
* {{aciccarello}} uses [[GitHub]] + [[Eleventy]] + [[Netlify]] for his [[personal domain]].
* {{murray}} uses [[Netlify]] to host several microsites, including their [[personal domain]], using various SSGs.
* {{benji}} uses [[GitHub]] + [[Eleventy]] + [[Netlify]] for his [[personal domain]].

== Criticism ==
* No reasonable default spending limits, will bill you $100k and give no recourse till you get the CEO's attention: https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1b14bty/netlify_just_sent_me_a_104k_bill_for_a_simple/
* Will disable your account on anyone's whim request regardless of no legal justification and then require you to jump through multi-week hoops to attempt to restore the site. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/sorry-gas-companies-parody-isnt-infringement-even-if-it-creeps-you-out

== See Also ==
* [[Netlify CMS]]
* https://www.netlify.com/docs/functions/ they now offer some kind of management layer for [[AWS Lambda]] functions.
* Has a drag & drop way to setup hosting for a new website from a folder of static files that came from your [[SSG]] of choice: https://app.netlify.com/drop