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Feb 10, 2026 terraform gcp cloud-run devops hugo

Infrastructure as Code: Deploying Hugo to Google Cloud Run with Terraform

When I decided to move my blog to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), I didn’t just want to manually click around the console. I wanted a reproducible, version-controlled infrastructure—commonly known as Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

In this post, I’ll walk you through how I set up a robust deployment pipeline for this Hugo site using Terraform and Google Cloud Run.

Zero Cost Static Site: Hugo + Cloud Run

In the age of heavy frontend frameworks and complex serverless architectures, sometimes the best solution is the simplest one. If you want a blazing fast, secure, and crucially—almost zero cost—website, combining Hugo with Google Cloud Run is a powerful strategy.

Here is how I built this blog using static generation and containerless deployment, and how you can do it too.