ubcctf.github.io

Source code for Maple Bacon's team website.

Build Instructions (Nix)

Install Nix on any Linux (WSL2 on Windows) or macOS computer, and enable the flakes and nix-command experimental features (experimental-features = nix-command flakes in /etc/nix/nix.conf).

Then:

git clone https://github.com/ubcctf/ubcctf.github.io
cd ubcctf.github.io
nix develop

and within the nix develop shell,

jekyll <build|serve>

Build Instructions (system Ruby)

Ensure you have Ruby and Bundler installed:

ruby -v
gem install bundler

Clone this repository, set up bundle to install to this directory, and install project dependencies locally.

git clone https://github.com/ubcctf/ubcctf.github.io
cd ubcctf.github.io
bundle config path 'vendor/bundle' --local
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll <build|serve>

Care and feeding of the gemset

When updating gems, if you are not in a nix develop shell, please make sure that you have BUNDLE_FORCE_RUBY_PLATFORM=true set in your environment, or in .bundle/config. This works around a bug in bundix by forcing the gem infrastructure to build native extensions from source.

After changing the gems, run lock-gems from the nix develop shell (or, bundix -l). This will update gemset.nix, used by the Nix infrastructure to automatically grab the proper Jekyll.

Creating a new author

Create a new file with the following contents at the path _authors/{short_name}.md:

• short_name: Your alias, must match your author file name. No spaces. This will displayed on blog posts and the article list.
• name: Your name or nickname for the about page.
• position: Categories you play in. Can be any or multiple of the following, comma separated:
  • Web
  • Crypto
  • Misc
  • Rev
  • Pwn
• website: Link to your website or a social media account.
• website_title: Pretty name of your website - the content within the <a> tag.
• layout: must be author

Template:

---
short_name: hackerman
name: John Doe
position: Web,Crypto,Misc,Rev,Pwn
website: https://www.web.site
website_title: web.site
layout: author
---
Some description.

Finally, open a PR.

Creating blog posts

Create a new file with the following contents at the path _posts/{yyyy}-{mm}-{dd}-{ctf_name}-{challenge_name}.md:

• layout: must be author
• title: Name of your blog post, format is "[{ctf_name}] {challenge_name}"
• author: Authors short_name. Author must already exist in _authors/, see creating a new author.

Template:

---
layout: post
title: "[FakeCTF 2024] Challenge Name"
author: hackerman
---

Post contents support *markdown*!

If your post has any assets place them in assets/ and link the path appropriately in the post contents.

Tip

We should probably standardize the assets/ format. It's currently a bit of a mess.

Finally, test the post locally and open a PR.