Ghost ​

Based on Ghost.

Ghost is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) and blogging platform. Spin up a Ghost instance within minutes using the Ghost service within Coolify!

Get started ​

Follow the steps below to setup a Ghost instance:

1. From Coolify dashboard, select "+ Create New Resource".
2. Choose "Service"
3. Select "Ghose (MySQL)"
4. In the Configurations tab, type out the URL for the Ghost instance (Setup DNS records before deploying)
5. Click "Save" and then click "Deploy" to start the service
6. Your new Ghost instance will be live within a few minutes!

Access Ghost and set it up ​

Once the Ghost instance is up and running, follow the steps to set up a user:

1. Access the Ghost blog by navigating to the URL which you specified in the Configuration
2. To setup an administrator user, navigate to https://YOUR_GHOST_URL/ghost (ex. https://www.example.com/ghost) and follow the steps

Set up email for Ghost ​

You can set up email service for Ghost by using enviroment variables. Specify the following enviroment variables inside the service's Secrets tab within Coolify:

1. mail__options__from - Specify the from email address (If you receive an error when sending emails, try changing mail__options__from to mail__from instead)
2. mail__transport - Preferably SMTP
3. mail__options__host - The SMTP host url, get this from your mail provider
4. mail__options__port - The SMTP port to use, get this from your mail provider
5. mail__options__secureConnection - true if using HTTPS
6. mail__options__auth__user - SMTP username, get this from your mail provider
7. mail__options__auth__password - Password for the SMTP username, get this from your mail provider

Save the secrets and redeploy your Ghost instance. You should now be able to send emails using Ghost!

For more information, please checkout the Ghost Docs ​