diff --git a/docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml b/docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a63156e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# host-on-sx live service — the SX web host (lib/host) served by the native
+# http-listen server via lib/host/serve.sh. Joins the sx-dev project + externalnet
+# so Caddy can reverse_proxy a subdomain to it (blog.rose-ash.com). Isolated from
+# the sx_docs server: separate container, separate port.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   docker compose -p sx-dev -f docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml up -d sx_host
+#   docker compose -p sx-dev -f docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml logs -f sx_host
+#   docker compose -p sx-dev -f docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml down
+
+services:
+  sx_host:
+    image: registry.rose-ash.com:5000/sx_docs:latest
+    container_name: sx-dev-sx_host-1
+    entrypoint: ["bash", "/app/lib/host/serve.sh"]
+    working_dir: /app
+    environment:
+      SX_PROJECT_DIR: /app
+      SX_SERVER: /app/bin/sx_server
+      HOST_PORT: "8000"
+      # Bind all interfaces so Caddy (on externalnet) can reach it.
+      SX_HTTP_HOST: "0.0.0.0"
+      OCAMLRUNPARAM: "b"
+    volumes:
+      # SX source (hot-reload on container restart)
+      - ./spec:/app/spec:ro
+      - ./lib:/app/lib:ro
+      # OCaml server binary — this worktree's build (has the SX_HTTP_HOST bind fix)
+      - ./hosts/ocaml/_build/default/bin/sx_server.exe:/app/bin/sx_server:ro
+    networks:
+      - externalnet
+      - default
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+networks:
+  externalnet:
+    external: true
diff --git a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
index e95fcba3..006ab145 100644
--- a/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
+++ b/hosts/ocaml/bin/sx_server.ml
@@ -745,8 +745,15 @@ let setup_evaluator_bridge env =
         | _ -> raise (Eval_error "http-listen: (port handler)") in
       let sock = Unix.socket Unix.PF_INET Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0 in
       Unix.setsockopt sock Unix.SO_REUSEADDR true;
+      (* Bind host: loopback by default (safe for tests + local runs); set
+         SX_HTTP_HOST=0.0.0.0 to expose on the network (container/Caddy). *)
+      let bind_addr =
+        match Sys.getenv_opt "SX_HTTP_HOST" with
+        | Some h -> (try Unix.inet_addr_of_string h
+                     with _ -> Unix.inet_addr_loopback)
+        | None -> Unix.inet_addr_loopback in
       Unix.bind sock
-        (Unix.ADDR_INET (Unix.inet_addr_loopback, port));
+        (Unix.ADDR_INET (bind_addr, port));
       Unix.listen sock 64;
       (* SX runtime is shared across threads — serialize handler calls. *)
       let mtx = Mutex.create () in
diff --git a/lib/host/serve.sh b/lib/host/serve.sh
index d19b76a5..6f79032f 100755
--- a/lib/host/serve.sh
+++ b/lib/host/serve.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 # exactly what the suites verify.
 
 set -uo pipefail
-cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+# Project root: SX_PROJECT_DIR in containers (set to /app by the compose stack),
+# else the git toplevel for local runs.
+cd "${SX_PROJECT_DIR:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || echo .)}"
 
 SX_SERVER="${SX_SERVER:-hosts/ocaml/_build/default/bin/sx_server.exe}"
 if [ ! -x "$SX_SERVER" ]; then
diff --git a/plans/host-on-sx.md b/plans/host-on-sx.md
index 42cdc24b..adc1118a 100644
--- a/plans/host-on-sx.md
+++ b/plans/host-on-sx.md
@@ -133,8 +133,18 @@ lib/host/sxtp.sx                        subsystem APIs (feed/search/commerce/…
 - [x] native `http-listen` ↔ Dream-app bridge (`lib/host/server.sx`:
       `host/native-handler`/`host/serve`) + `lib/host/serve.sh` launcher. Serves
       real HTTP on a host port — verified live (health/feed/relations reads + 404).
-- [ ] promote into the docker stack + a Caddy subdomain (NOT `rose-ash.com` — that
-      is the legacy public site, untouched). Scope now includes `hosts/` + Caddy.
+- [x] promote into the docker stack + a Caddy subdomain — **LIVE at
+      `https://blog.rose-ash.com`** (reusing a down Quart subdomain). New compose
+      service `sx_host` (`docker-compose.dev-sx-host.yml`, container
+      `sx-dev-sx_host-1`) runs `serve.sh` on `externalnet`; Caddy reverse-proxies
+      `blog.rose-ash.com` → `sx-dev-sx_host-1:8000`. Required a `hosts/` fix:
+      `http-listen` bound `inet_addr_loopback` only — added `SX_HTTP_HOST` env
+      (default loopback; stack sets `0.0.0.0`) in `sx_server.ml`, rebuilt this
+      worktree's binary. Verified: `/health`, `/feed`, relations reads serve real
+      JSON through Cloudflare→Caddy; `/` 404 (no root route yet). `rose-ash.com`
+      untouched. CAVEAT: `/root/caddy/Caddyfile` is an inode-pinned bind mount —
+      edited file shows a NEW inode the container can't see; loaded live via
+      `caddy reload` from a non-bind path. A caddy restart reconciles the bind.
 - [ ] proxy-to-Quart fallback for un-migrated paths (strangler requirement before
       a real subdomain fronts users).
 - [ ] internal-HMAC middleware on `/internal/*` (service-to-service auth; protocol