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ghost v0.1.0

Apps

Ghost — a professional publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships. Deployed all-in-one with its MySQL 8 database in a single host-networked Nomad job, with a persistent volume for content (themes, images, data).

nomad-pack run ghost --registry nomploy

Source ↗ Project ↗

3 tasks http 2368db 3306 2 volumes image ghost:5-alpine
Variables 15
values.hcl

Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:

nomad-pack run ghost -f values.hcl --registry nomploy
# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "ghost"

# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"

# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]

# The Ghost container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "ghost:5-alpine"

# Host port for Ghost (site + /ghost admin).
port = 2368

# Public URL Ghost is served at (e.g. https://blog.example.com). Ghost bakes this into links, so set it correctly. Empty = http://localhost:<port>.
url = ""

# Docker named volume for /var/lib/ghost/content (themes, images, uploads). A prestart task chowns it to uid 1000 (the node user). Back it up.
content_volume = "ghost_content"

# Resources for the Ghost task.
ghost_resources = {
    cpu    = 500
    memory = 512
  }

# MySQL image. Ghost 5 requires MySQL 8 (MariaDB is not supported).
mysql_image = "mysql:8"

# Host port MySQL listens on. Ghost connects on 127.0.0.1.
db_port = 3306

# Password for Ghost's MySQL user. CHANGE THIS. (DB name and user are both "ghost".)
db_password = "ghost"

# MySQL root password. CHANGE THIS.
db_root_password = "ghost"

# Docker named volume for /var/lib/mysql (the database — posts, members, settings). Back it up.
db_data_volume = "ghost_db_data"

# Resources for the MySQL task.
mysql_resources = {
    cpu    = 500
    memory = 1024
  }

# Placement constraints — pin the job to one node so the local volumes stay put. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []
NameTypeDefaultDescription
job_name string 
"ghost"
 The name of the Nomad job.
namespace string 
"default"
 The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
datacenters list 
["*"]
 The datacenters to deploy to.
image string 
"ghost:5-alpine"
 The Ghost container image. Pin a tag in production.
port number 
2368
 Host port for Ghost (site + /ghost admin).
url string 
""
 Public URL Ghost is served at (e.g. https://blog.example.com). Ghost bakes this into links, so set it correctly. Empty = http://localhost:<port>.
content_volume string 
"ghost_content"
 Docker named volume for /var/lib/ghost/content (themes, images, uploads). A prestart task chowns it to uid 1000 (the node user). Back it up.
ghost_resources object 
{
    cpu    = 500
    memory = 512
  }
 Resources for the Ghost task.
mysql_image string 
"mysql:8"
 MySQL image. Ghost 5 requires MySQL 8 (MariaDB is not supported).
db_port number 
3306
 Host port MySQL listens on. Ghost connects on 127.0.0.1.
db_password key string 
"ghost"
 Password for Ghost's MySQL user. CHANGE THIS. (DB name and user are both "ghost".)
db_root_password key string 
"ghost"
 MySQL root password. CHANGE THIS.
db_data_volume string 
"ghost_db_data"
 Docker named volume for /var/lib/mysql (the database — posts, members, settings). Back it up.
mysql_resources object 
{
    cpu    = 500
    memory = 1024
  }
 Resources for the MySQL task.
constraints list 
[]
 Placement constraints — pin the job to one node so the local volumes stay put. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
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ghost

Ghost — a professional publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and paid memberships. All-in-one: Ghost plus its MySQL 8 database in a single host-networked Nomad job (Ghost 5 requires MySQL 8 — MariaDB isn't supported). MySQL runs as a prestart sidecar; Ghost migrates on start.

Usage

nomad-pack registry add nomploy github.com/Nomploy/nomad-packs
nomad-pack run ghost --registry nomploy --var 'url=https://blog.example.com'

In nomploy: create a Compose service, type Nomad Pack, pack ghost, set url, then Deploy. Open <url>/ghost and create the owner account.

Key variables

Variable Default Notes
image ghost:5-alpine Pin a tag in production.
port 2368 Site + admin.
url "" Public URL — set it (Ghost bakes it into links); empty → http://localhost:<port>.
db_password / db_root_password ghost MySQL creds. Change them.
content_volume ghost_content Themes/images/uploads. Back it up.
db_data_volume ghost_db_data The database. Back it up.
db_port 3306 Bundled MySQL host port.
constraints [] Pin to a node so the volumes stay put.

Per-task resources: ghost_resources, mysql_resources.

Notes