# Enable RST
> Learn how to enable reStructuredText (RST) Markup in your Hugo docs site.
Using reStructuredText (RST) markup in a Hugo site requires some configuration on your local machine and in your deployment solution (Netlify, AWS Amplify, a container image).
Once set up, you will be able to use full .rst pages, write inline RST using the rst shortcode, and/or create your own markup shortcodes.
Before you start # Read about Hugo’s security model Read about Hugo’s AsciiDoc configuration options How to enable RST markup # We tested the following steps with Netlify. By providing a requirements.txt file at the root level, Netlify automatically installs python, pip, and the listed dependencies (rst2html). This may not be the case in your deployment solution. Install Python.
Install rst2html.
s pip install rst2html Create a requirements.txt file at the root of your Hugo project and add the following:
s rst2html Update your Hugo configuration values at security.exec.allow. We need to whitelist the RST processor tool as rst2html and rst2html.py.
yaml exec: allow: - '^dart-sass-embedded$' - '^go$' - '^npx$' - '^postcss$' - '^rst2html.py$' - '^rst2html$' - '^asciidoctor$' 

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