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      <title>Running my blog on Tor (.onion) and the Clearnet with Hugo &#43; PaperMod</title>
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      <description>How I hosted a Hugo &#43; PaperMod site both as a Tor onion service and a normal HTTPS site behind Cloudflare, with clean configs, dual builds, and a one-command deploy.</description>
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<p>TL;DR — The site is built once (Hugo project), <strong>published twice</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Onion</strong>: <code>http://fjthpp2h3mj2rup25r3psmqamutnkbvxbpltlohdthw6fscgo3t6bpad.onion/</code> via Tor, no TLS/HSTS, bound to <code>127.0.0.1:3301</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Clearnet</strong>: <code>https://blog.alipourimjourneys.ir</code> behind Cloudflare, Let’s Encrypt cert, <code>Onion-Location</code> header pointing to the onion mirror.</li>
</ul></blockquote>
<hr>
<h2 id="1-tor-hidden-service-onion-basics">1) Tor hidden service (onion) basics</h2>
<p>I used Tor’s v3 onion services and mapped onion port 80 → my local web server on <code>127.0.0.1:3301</code>.</p>
<p><strong>Install &amp; configure Tor (Debian/Ubuntu):</strong></p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo apt update <span style="color:#f92672">&amp;&amp;</span> sudo apt install -y tor
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudoedit /etc/tor/torrc
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Add:</p>
<pre tabindex="0"><code>HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_site/
HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:3301
</code></pre><p>Make sure the directory is owned by Tor’s user and private:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/tor/hidden_site
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo chown -R debian-tor:debian-tor /var/lib/tor/hidden_site
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo chmod <span style="color:#ae81ff">700</span> /var/lib/tor/hidden_site
</span></span></code></pre></div><p><strong>Important:</strong> use the right systemd unit:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># validate as the Tor user</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo -u debian-tor tor -f /etc/tor/torrc --verify-config
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># (re)start the real service</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl enable --now tor@default
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl restart tor@default
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Get the onion address:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_site/hostname
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Quick check (do remote DNS via SOCKS):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>curl -I --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9050 <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;http://</span><span style="color:#66d9ef">$(</span>sudo cat /var/lib/tor/hidden_site/hostname<span style="color:#66d9ef">)</span><span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><hr>
<h2 id="2-nginx-for-the-onion-localhost-only">2) Nginx for the onion (localhost-only)</h2>
<p>I keep the onion site strictly on localhost: <strong>no HTTPS, no redirects, no HSTS</strong>. Tor already provides e2e encryption and authenticity.</p>
<p><code>/etc/nginx/sites-available/onion-blog</code>:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-nginx" data-lang="nginx"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#66d9ef">server</span> {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">listen</span> 127.0.0.1:<span style="color:#ae81ff">3301</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">default_server</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">server_name</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">&lt;your-56-char&gt;.onion</span> 127.0.0.1 <span style="color:#e6db74">localhost</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#75715e"># keep onion simple; no HSTS/redirects here
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span>    <span style="color:#f92672">add_header</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">Referrer-Policy</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">no-referrer</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">always</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">add_header</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">X-Content-Type-Options</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">nosniff</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">always</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">add_header</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">X-Frame-Options</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">SAMEORIGIN</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">always</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#75715e"># (optional) strict CSP so nothing leaks to clearnet
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span>    <span style="color:#75715e"># add_header Content-Security-Policy &#34;default-src &#39;self&#39;; img-src &#39;self&#39; data:; style-src &#39;self&#39; &#39;unsafe-inline&#39;; script-src &#39;self&#39;&#34; always;
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">root</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">/srv/hugo/mysite/public-onion</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">index</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">index.html</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">location</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">/</span> { <span style="color:#f92672">try_files</span> $uri $uri/ <span style="color:#e6db74">/index.html</span>; }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    <span style="color:#f92672">location</span> ~<span style="color:#e6db74">*</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">\.(css|js|ico|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg|webp|txt|xml)</span>$ {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>        <span style="color:#f92672">access_log</span> <span style="color:#66d9ef">off</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>        <span style="color:#f92672">add_header</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">Cache-Control</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;public,</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">max-age=31536000,</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">immutable&#34;</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>        <span style="color:#f92672">try_files</span> $uri =<span style="color:#ae81ff">404</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>    }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>}
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Enable/reload:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo ln -sf /etc/nginx/sites-available/onion-blog /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/onion-blog
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo nginx -t <span style="color:#f92672">&amp;&amp;</span> sudo systemctl reload nginx
</span></span></code></pre></div><blockquote>
<p>Gotcha I hit: I had <strong>two</strong> server blocks on <code>127.0.0.1:3301</code>, which caused 404s via onion. Make sure only the intended vhost listens there (or mark it <code>default_server</code>). Also, if you ever use a regex in <code>server_name</code>, the syntax is <code>server_name ~* \.onion$</code> (note the space after <code>~*</code>).</p></blockquote>
<hr>
<h2 id="3-hugo--papermod-setup-and-version-bumps">3) Hugo + PaperMod setup (and version bumps)</h2>
<p>PaperMod now requires <strong>Hugo Extended ≥ 0.146.0</strong>. I installed the extended binary from the official tarball to avoid Snap’s sandbox limitations (Snap can’t read <code>/srv</code> paths by default).</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># install Hugo extended (example)</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>VER<span style="color:#f92672">=</span>0.146.0
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>cd /tmp
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>wget https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/download/v<span style="color:#e6db74">${</span>VER<span style="color:#e6db74">}</span>/hugo_extended_<span style="color:#e6db74">${</span>VER<span style="color:#e6db74">}</span>_Linux-amd64.tar.gz
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>tar -xzf hugo_extended_<span style="color:#e6db74">${</span>VER<span style="color:#e6db74">}</span>_Linux-amd64.tar.gz
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo mv hugo /usr/local/bin/hugo
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>hugo version  <span style="color:#75715e"># should say &#34;extended&#34; and &gt;= 0.146.0</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Create the site and theme:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo mkdir -p /srv/hugo <span style="color:#f92672">&amp;&amp;</span> sudo chown -R <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;</span>$USER<span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;</span>:<span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;</span>$USER<span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;</span> /srv/hugo
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>cd /srv/hugo
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>hugo new site mysite
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>cd mysite
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>git init
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>git submodule add https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod themes/PaperMod
</span></span></code></pre></div><p><strong>Config updates:</strong> in newer Hugo, <code>paginate</code> is deprecated → use:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-toml" data-lang="toml"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># config/_default/hugo.toml</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">title</span> = <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;My Blog&#34;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">theme</span> = <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;PaperMod&#34;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">enableRobotsTXT</span> = <span style="color:#66d9ef">true</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>[<span style="color:#a6e22e">pagination</span>]
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#a6e22e">pagerSize</span> = <span style="color:#ae81ff">10</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>[<span style="color:#a6e22e">params</span>]
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#a6e22e">defaultTheme</span> = <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;auto&#34;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#a6e22e">showReadingTime</span> = <span style="color:#66d9ef">true</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#a6e22e">showPostNavLinks</span> = <span style="color:#66d9ef">true</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#a6e22e">showBreadCrumbs</span> = <span style="color:#66d9ef">true</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#a6e22e">showCodeCopyButtons</span> = <span style="color:#66d9ef">true</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>I added per-environment overrides so I can build two outputs with different <code>baseURL</code>s:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-toml" data-lang="toml"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># config/clearnet/hugo.toml</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">baseURL</span> = <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;https://blog.alipourimjourneys.ir/&#34;</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># config/onion/hugo.toml</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#a6e22e">baseURL</span> = <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;http://fjthpp2h3mj2rup25r3psmqamutnkbvxbpltlohdthw6fscgo3t6bpad.onion/&#34;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div><hr>
<h2 id="4-dual-builds-clearnet--onion-and-one-command-deploy">4) Dual builds (clearnet + onion) and one-command deploy</h2>
<p>I publish the same content twice—once for each base URL and docroot:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>cd /srv/hugo/mysite
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># clearnet build (served over HTTPS)</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>hugo --minify --environment clearnet -d public-clearnet
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># onion build (served via Tor)</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>hugo --minify --environment onion    -d public-onion
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo systemctl reload nginx
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Helper script I use:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo tee /usr/local/bin/build-both &gt;/dev/null <span style="color:#e6db74">&lt;&lt;&#39;EOF&#39;
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">#!/usr/bin/env bash
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">set -euo pipefail
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">cd /srv/hugo/mysite
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">hugo --minify --environment clearnet -d public-clearnet
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">hugo --minify --environment onion    -d public-onion
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">sudo systemctl reload nginx
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">echo &#34;Deployed both at $(date)&#34;
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#e6db74">EOF</span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/build-both
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>While editing, I sometimes auto-rebuild on file save:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo apt install -y entr
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>cd /srv/hugo/mysite
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>find content layouts assets static config -type f | entr -r build-both
</span></span></code></pre></div><hr>
<h2 id="5-clearnet-behind-cloudflare--lets-encrypt-manual-dns-01">5) Clearnet behind Cloudflare + Let’s Encrypt (manual DNS-01)</h2>
<p>Cloudflare is set to <strong>Full (strict)</strong>. I issued a public cert for <code>blog.alipourimjourneys.ir</code> using <strong>manual DNS-01</strong> (no API token):</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo snap install --classic certbot
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo certbot certonly --manual --preferred-challenges dns   -d blog.alipourimjourneys.ir   --agree-tos -m you@example.com --no-eff-email
</span></span></code></pre></div><p>Certbot tells you to add a TXT record <code>_acme-challenge.blog.alipourimjourneys.ir</code>. Add it in Cloudflare DNS, verify with <code>dig</code>, then continue. Cert ends up at:</p>
<pre tabindex="0"><code>/etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.alipourimjourneys.ir/fullchain.pem
/etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.alipourimjourneys.ir/privkey.pem
</code></pre><p>Clearnet Nginx vhosts:</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-nginx" data-lang="nginx"><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># HTTP → HTTPS redirect (optional; CF usually talks HTTPS to origin anyway)
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span><span style="color:#66d9ef">server</span> {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">listen</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">80</span>; <span style="color:#f92672">listen</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">[::]:80</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">server_name</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">blog.alipourimjourneys.ir</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">return</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">301</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">https://blog.alipourimjourneys.ir</span>$request_uri;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>}
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"># HTTPS origin (behind Cloudflare)
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span><span style="color:#66d9ef">server</span> {
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">listen</span> <span style="color:#ae81ff">443</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">ssl</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">http2</span>; <span style="color:#f92672">listen</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">[::]:443</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">ssl</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">http2</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">server_name</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">blog.alipourimjourneys.ir</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">ssl_certificate</span>     <span style="color:#e6db74">/etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.alipourimjourneys.ir/fullchain.pem</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">ssl_certificate_key</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">/etc/letsencrypt/live/blog.alipourimjourneys.ir/privkey.pem</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#75715e"># HSTS on clearnet only
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span>  <span style="color:#f92672">add_header</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">Strict-Transport-Security</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;max-age=31536000</span>; <span style="color:#f92672">includeSubDomains</span>; <span style="color:#f92672">preload&#34;</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">always</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#75715e"># Help Tor Browser discover the onion mirror (safe on clearnet)
</span></span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span><span style="color:#75715e"></span>  <span style="color:#f92672">add_header</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">Onion-Location</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;http://&lt;your-56-char&gt;.onion</span>$request_uri&#34; <span style="color:#e6db74">always</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">root</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">/srv/hugo/mysite/public-clearnet</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">index</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">index.html</span>;
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>  <span style="color:#f92672">location</span> <span style="color:#e6db74">/</span> { <span style="color:#f92672">try_files</span> $uri $uri/ <span style="color:#e6db74">/index.html</span>; }
</span></span><span style="display:flex;"><span>}
</span></span></code></pre></div><blockquote>
<p>Note: don’t add HSTS or HTTPS redirects to the <strong>onion</strong> vhost. Keep onion pure HTTP on localhost.</p></blockquote>
<hr>
<h2 id="6-troubleshooting-i-ran-into-and-fixes">6) Troubleshooting I ran into (and fixes)</h2>
<ul>
<li><strong>Tor unit confusion:</strong> <code>tor.service</code> is a tiny master; the real daemon is <code>tor@default</code>. Use that unit and verify config as <code>debian-tor</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Permissions:</strong> <code>HiddenServiceDir</code> must be owned by <code>debian-tor</code> and mode <code>700</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Mapping mismatch:</strong> If <code>HiddenServicePort 80 127.0.0.1:3301</code> is set, visit <code>http://&lt;onion&gt;/</code> (no <code>:3301</code>). If you set <code>HiddenServicePort 3301 127.0.0.1:3301</code>, you must use <code>http://&lt;onion&gt;:3301/</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Curl &amp; .onion:</strong> modern curl refuses <code>.onion</code> unless you use remote DNS via SOCKS:
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>curl -I --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9050 <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;http://&lt;onion&gt;/&#34;</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div></li>
<li><strong>Two Nginx vhosts on the same port:</strong> I had a duplicate server on <code>127.0.0.1:3301</code> pointing somewhere else, which caused onion 404s. Keep only one (or mark one <code>default_server</code>).</li>
<li><strong>Regex in <code>server_name</code>:</strong> if you use it, write <code>server_name ~* \.onion$</code> (space after <code>~*</code>). I fixed an <code>invalid variable name</code> error caused by a missing space.</li>
<li><strong>PaperMod with old Hugo:</strong> upgraded to <strong>extended ≥ 0.146.0</strong>. Also updated <code>paginate</code> → <code>[pagination].pagerSize</code>.</li>
<li><strong>Snap confinement:</strong> Snap’s <code>hugo</code> couldn’t read <code>/srv</code> (<code>.../void: permission denied</code>). Switched to the tarball build in <code>/usr/local/bin</code>.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2 id="7-not-secure-in-tor-browser">7) “Not secure” in Tor Browser?</h2>
<p>That message can appear because onion uses <strong>HTTP</strong>. It’s OK: Tor provides e2e encryption + onion auth. If you enable HTTPS-Only Mode, add an exception for the site. Also ensure the onion build doesn’t reference <strong>clearnet</strong> resources (scan the built HTML for <code>http(s)://</code> links that aren’t your onion).</p>
<hr>
<h2 id="8-day-to-day-workflow">8) Day-to-day workflow</h2>
<ul>
<li>Create content:
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>hugo new posts/my-first-post.md  <span style="color:#75715e"># then set draft: false</span>
</span></span></code></pre></div></li>
<li>Publish both:
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>build-both
</span></span></code></pre></div></li>
<li>(Optional) Auto on save:
<div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>find content layouts assets static config -type f | entr -r build-both
</span></span></code></pre></div></li>
<li>(Optional) Git push-to-deploy with a bare repo + post-receive hook that runs <code>build-both</code>.</li>
</ul>
<hr>
<h2 id="final-notes">Final notes</h2>
<ul>
<li>Clearnet gets <strong>HTTPS + HSTS</strong> and an <code>Onion-Location</code> header.</li>
<li>Onion gets <strong>no HSTS/redirects</strong>, and all assets are self-hosted to avoid mixed content.</li>
<li>Serving both worlds from one Hugo repo is easy: <strong>two builds, two vhosts, one workflow</strong>.</li>
</ul>
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  <p><strong>Downloads:</strong>
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  </details><p><em>Verify locally:</em></p>
  <pre style="font-size:0.85em; overflow-x:auto; padding:0.75rem;">torsocks curl -fSLO http://fjthpp2h3mj2rup25r3psmqamutnkbvxbpltlohdthw6fscgo3t6bpad.onion/sources/posts/tor_clearnet_blog.md
torsocks curl -fSLO http://fjthpp2h3mj2rup25r3psmqamutnkbvxbpltlohdthw6fscgo3t6bpad.onion/sources/posts/tor_clearnet_blog.md.asc
gpg --verify tor_clearnet_blog.md.asc tor_clearnet_blog.md
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