Introduction
Jekyll is Ruby based, free and easy to use site generator, designed for creating static blogs, but it can be also used for creating all types of static websites as well, without using a database. Jekyll works by processing plain text files in Markdown and Textfile or Liquid templates and generating static website. This kind of websites have many advantages over the dynamic sites, such as security, speed and flexibility. Websites generated with Jekyll can be hosted on any type of web server or GitHub. In this tutorial we will cover the installation of Jekyll on a CentOS 7 VPS.
Jekyll is a static website generator written in Ruby. By using Jekyll you can create personal websites or websites for organizations without using databases. The main feature of Jekyll is that it can transform the plain text to a static website by rendering Markdown or Textile and Liquid templates. Jekyll is used as an engine behind GitHub Pages. Today we will show you how to install it on a