Using a Different Version of Hugo in AWS Amplify

Instructions on how to use a newer version of Hugo.
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Jeffrey S. Levine
2020-01-14 21:13:40 -08:00
committed by Bjørn Erik Pedersen
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1. Review your changes and then choose **Save and deploy**. The Amplify Console will pull code from your repository, build changes to the backend and frontend, and deploy your build artifacts at `https://master.unique-id.amplifyapp.com`. Bonus: Screenshots of your app on different devices to find layout issues.
## Using a Newer Version of Hugo
If you need to use a different, perhaps newer, version of Hugo than the version currently supported by AWS Amplify, you can modify your build commands to include the downloading of Hugo itself. Here's an example of a build definition that includes the downloading of Hugo. Note that in ths example the "extended" version of Hugo is being used wich includes support for SASS/SCSS.
```
version: 0.1
frontend:
phases:
# IMPORTANT - Please verify your build commands
build:
commands:
- wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v0.62.2/hugo_extended_0.62.2_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
- tar -xf hugo_extended_0.62.2_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
- mv hugo /usr/bin/hugo
- rm -rf hugo_extended_0.62.2_Linux-64bit.tar.gz
- hugo version
- hugo
artifacts:
# IMPORTANT - Please verify your build output directory
baseDirectory: public
files:
- '**/*'
cache:
paths: []
```
[Quick Start]: /getting-started/quick-start/