This guide walks through the process of setting up Coolify, a self-hosted PaaS solution, within a Linux Container (LXC) on a Proxmox server. I consider this a better solution than relying on vercel/supabase/railway/etc for self hosting, because you can run this on your own, and have a lot of customization options.

Using hugo with coolify/nixpacks doesn’t just “work” depending on your git setup. There are two approaches that can be taken with getting things to play nice assuming you already have your site’s repo connected to coolify for deployment. Option #1 being to define a custom nixpacks.toml, and option #2 being to version control your static files, and forgo building on the server. Option #1: As of September 18th, 2024 a new site made with hugo version 0.