Question

Setting up free static site with existing Jekyll repo?

Posted on February 9, 2025
App Platform
Asked by JetForMe

I was looking into serving my Jekyll-based static site via CDN, and came across the App Platform and thought that would be a nice way to host it, rather than running my own Nginx instance as I do currently. Looking into how to set that up, I see DO offers three free static sites (and $3/site above that).

But when I follow the instructions to set up my site, one of the steps is to choose the instance size, and there are no free ones, just paid ones starting at $5/mo. Am I missing something? TIA.

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• February 13, 2025

Hi,

It sounds like you might have selected the wrong component type during setup. To use DigitalOcean’s free static site hosting, you need to choose Static Site instead of Web Service when configuring your app.

If you select Web Service, App Platform assumes you’re deploying a dynamic app and will only show paid instance sizes. Instead, make sure to pick Static Site, which allows you to host up to three sites for free.

You can find detailed instructions here: 🔗 https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/manage-static-sites/

- Bobby