# Move Jekyll website?

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234 "2018-10-09T09:25:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![gustavmega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gustavmega](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/gustavmega)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234/1 "2018-10-09T09:25:23Z")

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Hello,

I am a beginner and would like to publish a Jekyll website that exists on [github.com](http://github.com) on a VM in the local server so that the page is accessible via it.  
Can someone help me and tell me how to do that?

Best Regards,  
G.M.

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**Author:** ![yashumittal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/yashumittal/32/1260_2.png) [@yashumittal](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/yashumittal)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234/2 "2018-10-09T09:34:11Z")

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To get started with Jekyll.

Here’s the steps to get started:

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/jekyllrb/original/2X/6/6c7c9d4be873d6e5e067b5118ab0e052f4752d8a.png)

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**Author:** ![rdyar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/rdyar/32/710_2.png) [@rdyar](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/rdyar)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234/3 "2018-10-09T16:31:42Z")

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if you download the source and build it locally, you will end up with a folder called \_site - that contains the website and can be moved to another host.

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**Author:** ![gustavmega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gustavmega](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/gustavmega)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234/4 "2018-10-11T05:49:38Z")

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Thank you for the fast answer.  
With the command “bundle exec jekyll serve” I create a jekyll page on my local server, right?  
But how can I replace or re-copy the page from [github.com](http://github.com)?

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**Author:** ![yashumittal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/yashumittal/32/1260_2.png) [@yashumittal](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/yashumittal)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234/5 "2018-10-11T10:58:37Z")

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> [@gustavmega](#):
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> With the command “bundle exec jekyll serve” I create a jekyll page on my local server, right?

Yes.

> [@gustavmega](#):
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> But how can I replace or re-copy the page from [github.com](http://github.com)?

For that you can use [git](https://git-scm.com/) and connect your local repo with github repo.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/frank/32/26_2.png) [@Frank](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/move-jekyll-website/2234/6 "2018-10-11T12:14:34Z")

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Jekyll has an official Docker image: [https://github.com/envygeeks/jekyll-docker](https://github.com/envygeeks/jekyll-docker)  
For other alternatives: [https://www.jamessturtevant.com/posts/Running-Jekyll-in-Windows-using-Docker/](https://www.jamessturtevant.com/posts/Running-Jekyll-in-Windows-using-Docker/)