# How to run Ghost CMS + Docker + Digital Ocean

As a developer probably you've heard before about [Ghost](https://ghost.org/) the #1 open-source headless Node.js CMS, I was planning to install it in [Digital Ocean using a simple $5 Droplet](https://bit.ly/342AroI) using Docker instead of their 1-click to install.

I did researches and I didn't find some developer-friendly method to get it started. So why not create one?!
If you want a quick start you can access my [Ghost CMS + Docker Compose repository](https://github.com/clean-docker/ghost-cms) to check it out!

# Motivation

What I most like, is the [Ghost's value proposition](https://ghost.org/about/) and what they want to achieve, the simplicity and well-designed panel and integrations motivated me to start too.
I wish more developers know the benefits to use it and to have the chance to test and use it in personal and professional projects as I did!

# Advantages

I decided to create something that makes it easier to start to use in production and in your local environment. So I created a bash script to have these advantages:

☝️ 1 command to install

👨‍💻 Ready to production and local development

⚡ Performance Optimized

🔒 SSL auto-renewed

## Stack

- Ghost CMS (Last version)
- MySQL 5.7
- NGINX
- Docker

## Bash commands

| Commands  | Description  |
|---|---|
| `./dc start`  | Start your containers  |
| `./dc stop`  | Stop all containers  |
| `./dc update`  | Get Ghost updates and restart containers |

# Environments

### Production

In production, you can run one command to install, specifying your domain as the last parameter.

```bash
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clean-docker/ghost-cms/master/dc | bash -s setup mydomain.com
```

### Development

To prepare your local environment you just need to have Docker and Docker Compose installed and run:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/clean-docker/ghost-cms.git ghost
cd ghost/dev
docker-compose up -d
```

# Creating the script

I started assuming that you just created your environment and is running the script that I created to install, this below is the step-by-step description:

## Automatically

1. Change the domain in the NGINX and Docker file.
2. Update packages
3. Install SSL
4. Install Docker
5. Install Docker Compose
6. Prepare the Ghost folders
7. Configure the cron
8. Start the Docker containers
9. Show the URL to access

# 🙂 Thank you!

I hope you liked and enjoyed this post, I created it to the developer community to be motivated to test it as I did, if you have feedbacks please report or provide pull-requests, and don't' forget to give a star.