Dokku(-alt) Ghost Blog

Configuration

Create the application in Dokku...

git clone https://bitbucket.org/jacobmarshall/dokku-ghost.git
git remote add dokku dokku@dokku.me:ghost-blog
git push dokku master

or

dokku create ghost-blog

Database Setup (optional)

dokku mariadb:create ghost-blog
dokku mariadb:link ghost-blog ghost-blog

Volume Setup

If you're not using a database, you must configure a volume, otherwise every time you restart the container, you will lose your database.

dokku volume:create ghost-blog /app/content
dokku volume:link ghost-blog ghost-blog

Node Setup

dokku config:set ghost-blog NODE_ENV=production

Website Setup

dokku config:set ghost-blog SITE_URL=http://example.com

Email Setup

Remember to set a from address... (regardless of the driver you choose)

dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_FROM=ghost@example.com

Mailgun

dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_DRIVER=mailgun
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_USER=ghost@example.com
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_PASSWORD=(the mailgun password)

SES

dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_DRIVER=ses
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY=(the aws access key)
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_AWS_SECRET_KEY=(the aws secret key)

SES (alternative)

dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_DRIVER=ses
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_SERVER=ses.example.com
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_PORT=465
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_USER=ghost@example.com
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_PASSWORD=(the ses email password)

Gmail

dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_DRIVER=gmail
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_USER=ghost@gmail.com
dokku config:set ghost-blog MAIL_PASSWORD=(your gmail password)