Setup your own blog with Ghost

Through this guide, we will learn how to set up your blog with Ghost.

First, check this repository and fork it.

The project is prod-ready so it will set an SSL certificate you can use your own domain using

Now we need to choose a cloud provider, for this example, I'm going to use Digital Ocean. You can choose your favorite one. We just need a Linux environment and Docker 🐳.

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Don't forget to set your domain name to redirect it to your server's IP.

Open the console of your server and clone the repo.

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git clone https://github.com/demonpo/ghost-blog-docker-compose

Now move to the project's folder and create a new .env file. You can use the .env.example file as a reference

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DATABASE_PASSWORD=secret // The DB will be created using this password
GHOST_URL=http://localhost:8080
DOMAIN=localhost
EMAIL=some@email.com //This email is used for the ssl certificate creation

A prod .env example will be

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DATABASE_PASSWORD=TTn4Y7wUyh4rGvapFzUBfGZPVfTvU
GHOST_URL=https://mydomain.com
DOMAIN=mydomain.com
EMAIL=some@email.com

Now you just need to run

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docker compose up -d

And let the magic begin 🪄.

Finally, you can go to your website and you should see your blog ready to be used 🥳.