Deploying a static Astro blog to a Linux server

Astro works very well for personal sites because it can output a fully static build.

The usual deployment flow looks like this:

1. Run npm run build locally
2. Upload the generated dist/ directory to the server
3. Point Nginx to the deployed directory
4. Configure HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt

For a single personal blog, this approach is simple, fast, and easy to maintain.

I also keep a local deploy script in this project so that publishing a new post is just one command.