Deploy ghost with Docker

visioun. • 22 Apr 2021 • 2 min read • Public

Docker makes it easy to deploy multiple ghost instances in a single server.

For this article I am choosing Ubuntu 20.04. & Make sure docker is installed in your system. You can find docker & docker-compose installation guide here >

your-server-user@your-server-ip-hose

Now create a folder to contain the docker-compose.yaml & docker volumes.

cd 
mkdir yourdomain.com

now create a file called docker-compose.yaml into the folder you have just created

nano docker-compose.yaml

& paste the following

version: '3'
services:
ghost:
    container_name: yourdomain.com
    image: ghost:latest
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 10000:2368
    volumes:
      - ./content:/var/lib/ghost/content
    environment:
      url: https://www.yourdomain.com
      database__client: mysql
      database__connection__host: db
      database__connection__user: root
      database__connection__password: specifypasswordhere
      database__connection__database: yourdomain_production
db:
    container_name: yourdomain.com_db
    image: mysql:latest
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: specify-password-here
    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
	volumes:
      - ./data:/var/lib/mysql

Note: its good practice when you use custom port then it should start from 10000… eg. 10000 10001 etc

now save the file & run docker-compose up -d to start the stack. It should start just fine

Now configure the nginx server block

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites/available/yourdomain.com

& past the following & Update the port same as your docker container

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
  server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
  location / { return 301 https://yourdomain.com$request_uri; }
}
server {
  listen 443 ssl http2;
  listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
  server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;

  ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
  ssl_ciphers HIGH:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!aNULL:!NULL:!SHA;
  ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
  ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;

  ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/$domain/cert.pem; #define your ssl cert path
  ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/$domain/key.pem; #define your private key path

  location / {
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    proxy_pass http://0.0.0.0:10000; #define the port as your container
    
 }

}

save the file & link it to sites-enabled

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

check the nginx configuration

sudo nginx -t

restart nginx

sudo systemctl restart nginx

now your blog should be up & running. To add a new ghost instance repeat the process

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Login to your server via ssh

Now configure the nginx server block