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App: Ghost latest

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DB: MySQL latest

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Proxy: Caddy latest

Production-ready docker-compose.yml for your stack. Copy it, customize variables in .env, and deploy.

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.8'
services:
  ghost:
    image: ghost:latest
    ports:
      - "2368:2368"
    depends_on:
      - mysql

    environment:
      database__connection__host: ${APP_DB_HOST:-mysql}
      database__connection__user: ${APP_DB_USER:-app_user}
      database__connection__password: ${APP_DB_PASSWORD:-change_me_app_password}
      database__connection__database: ${APP_DB_NAME:-ghost_db}
    restart: always

  mysql:
    image: mysql:latest
    ports:
      - "3306:3306"

    environment:
      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_ROOT_PASSWORD:-change_me_root_password}
      MYSQL_USER: ${APP_DB_USER:-app_user}
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${APP_DB_PASSWORD:-change_me_app_password}
      MYSQL_DATABASE: ${APP_DB_NAME:-ghost_db}
    volumes:
      - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
    restart: always

  caddy:
    image: caddy:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    depends_on:
      - ghost

    restart: always

volumes:
  mysql_data:

Customize APP_DB_* and DB_* variables in your .env file.