https://zacharymorgan.dev/tags/self-hosting/ Recent content in Self-Hosting on Zachary Morgan Hugo en-us Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://zacharymorgan.dev/posts/building-this-blog/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 -0600 https://zacharymorgan.dev/posts/building-this-blog/ <p>This is the first post on a blog I&rsquo;m building as I pivot into offensive security. My plan is to document the journey from CS undergrad to red team! Certs, labs, tooling, writeups, wrong turns — all of it.</p> <p>Here&rsquo;s how this site came together in a couple of hours!</p> <h2 id="the-stack">The Stack</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Hugo</strong> — static site generator, no database, fast builds</li> <li><strong>Terminal theme</strong> by panr — monospaced, minimalist, green-on-black</li> <li><strong>Debian 12 LXC container</strong> on my Proxmox server</li> <li><strong>Caddy</strong> reverse proxy for serving the static files</li> <li><strong>Cloudflare Tunnel</strong> for HTTPS and external exposure without opening ports</li> </ul> <h2 id="why-use-this-stack">Why use this stack?</h2> <p>Self-hosting on the homelab means:</p>