Self-Hosted S3 Static Website with Garage, Nginx, and GitLab CI/CD

Learn how to set up your own S3-compatible static website hosting using Garage, Nginx, and automate deployments with GitLab CI/CD. This guide uses Ansible for infrastructure automation and demonstrates everything with the domain molokov.de.

Prerequisites

• Debian/Ubuntu server with root access
• Domain name (we’ll use molokov.de)
• Ansible installed locally
• GitLab account (for CI/CD)

1. Install Docker with Ansible

First, create an Ansible playbook to install Docker: