MVP Blogging with Ghost, Docker, Docker Compose

Quick start a blog with Ghost, Mysql, Docker & Docker-Compose running on a Ubuntu Server. For more detail and advance config, follow the series of ghost blog development on my blog at https://vinguyen.blog/blog-development-series-setup-mvp-ghost-blog-with-docker

Table of Contents

• System Overview
• Infrastructure
• Technolgoy Stack
• Prerequisite
• How to use it
• License
• References

Overview

Infrastructure

• Operating System Ubuntu 22.04

• Docker version 20.10.21

• Docker-compose version 1.26.0

Technology Stack

• Ghost blog software version 5.x
• MySQL database version 8.x

Prerequisite

• A Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server
• A domain for your blog
• Cloudflare account linked with your domain

How to Use this repo

1. Clone this project into the server's filesystem.
2. Create new .env file from env-sample, then edit the variable on .env if you want

cp env-sample .env

5. Run docke-compose within your server 0. docker-compose up -d (you can remove the -d if you want to see logs, then Ctrl+C to stop all containers)
6. Go to Cloudflare and mapping your domain with server ip
7. Go to https://YOUR_DOMAIN/ghost to set up your blog.
8. Once you've made your admin account using that wizard, go back to: https://YOUR_DOMAIN/admin
9. Log in and enjoy.

License

MIT LICENSE

References

• Ghost @ Dockerhub
• Installing Ghost locally for Dev