Template · CMS & sites

Ghost

Publishing platform for newsletters and blogs, backed by MySQL 8.

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What gets deployed

2 services in the environment you pick, on the private network of the project.

ghost:5-alpine + mysql:8.4 (Ghost 5 requires MySQL 8). Content on a volume.

Visit /ghost on the public URL to create the owner account.

Image: mysql:8.4

Image: ghost:5-alpine

Generated secrets never leave the platform; references are resolved on the private network. Anything marked required is asked for at deploy time.

Name	Value
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD	generated (password)
MYSQL_DATABASE	ghost
MYSQL_USER	ghost
MYSQL_PASSWORD	generated (password)
MYSQL_URL	mysql://${{self.MYSQL_USER}}:${{self.MYSQL_PASSWORD}}@${{self.SKIFFLY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:3306/${{self.MYSQL_DATABASE}}

Name	Value
url	https://${{self.SKIFFLY_PUBLIC_DOMAIN}}Public site URL
database__client	mysql
database__connection__host	${{MySQL.SKIFFLY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}
database__connection__user	${{MySQL.MYSQL_USER}}
database__connection__password	${{MySQL.MYSQL_PASSWORD}}
database__connection__database	${{MySQL.MYSQL_DATABASE}}
NODE_ENV	production

Add a one-click deploy link to your repository or docs. Two variants: for light and dark backgrounds.

Markdown · Light background

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Markdown · Dark background

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HTML

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Volumes, secrets and domain pre-wired. Runs on EU nodes, paid per minute from a prepaid balance.