Is it possible to serve multiple Jekyll sites locally?

Question

Every time I serve a Jekyll site from the command line it is served on port 4000. Two sites can\'t be served on the same port.

Is it possible to serve multiple Jekyll si

Answer 1

If you run it on mac docker client, provide host IP 0.0.0.0 will save your time a ton.

jekyll serve --port 4001 --host 0.0.0.0

By default, 127.0.0.1 is used for localhost and its NIC cannot receive any traffic from your mac host, whereas 0.0.0.0 means to accept traffic on all NICs

Answer 2

You can also start the server with an additional argument --port 1234 or --host hostname. For example:

$ jekyll serve --port 4001 --host my_hostname_or_ip

You can view all the possible CLI flags from The official Jekyll documentation

Answer 3

For multiple Jekyll sites, I just run this

bundle exec jekyll serve --port <your_port_number>

e.g

bundle exec jekyll serve --port 4001

Answer 4

Yes it is possible to serve multiple Jekyll sites locally by setting different port numbers for each site using the Local Server Port serve command option.

See https://jekyllrb.com/docs/configuration/options/#serve-command-options.

Set a port number other than Jekyll's default port (4000) in the site's _config.yml file or when serving the site via the command line.

Answer 5

Open terminal, go to the Jekyll site directory and start the server

jekyll serve --port 4001

Go to another directory and start the second site

jekyll serve --port 4002

Answer 6

Two ways:

1. In your _config.yml file, specify a port other than 4000 like this, for example:

   port: 4001
   

2. OR (my preferred choice), add --port 4001 to your jekyll serve command, like this, for example:

   bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload --port 4001
   

From: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/configuration/options/#serve-command-options