Mataroa on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Azure Developer Tools

Mataroa, a minimalist self hosted Markdown blogging platform, served over TLS with a per instance login and an on box PostgreSQL database.

Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Access
Unique credentials
generated on first boot, readable only by root
Verified
Boots working
services pass a health gate before release
Support
24/7, 365 days
by email and live chat, 24 hour response SLA

Overview

Mataroa is an open source, minimalist, self hosted blogging platform. You write posts in Markdown and publish a clean, fast, distraction free and ad free blog, with per user blogs on their own subdomain, RSS feeds, custom domains and full blog exports. It is a plain Django application, run natively rather than in a container.

Why the cloudimg image

cloudimg delivers Mataroa hardened and fully patched, installed natively into a Python 3.13 virtual environment and served by gunicorn behind an nginx reverse proxy that terminates TLS on port 443, backed by an on box PostgreSQL database. The whole site is gated by HTTP Basic Auth by default, and a unique admin password, database password, Basic Auth password and Django secret key are generated on each instance first boot, so no default login ships. Backed by 24/7 support.

Common uses

  • Run your own private, ad free Markdown blog or a multi author blogging service
  • Write posts in Markdown and publish clean, fast per user blogs with RSS and exports
  • Keep full control of your content on your own Azure infrastructure and database

See it running

Real screenshots taken while testing this image against its deployment guide.

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