Ghost docker configuration using nginx and certbot

Docker

Prerequisitos

Download && install docker

• For Mac
• For Windows
• For Linux

Download && install docker-compose

• Instructions

Download && install docker-machine

• Instructions

Happy path for production in local machine environment

Just run:

cd docker/production
# without ssl
bash docker.sh up
# with ssl
bash docker.sh up secure

Happy path for production remote machine environment

Just run:

cd docker/production
# without ssl
bash docker.machine.sh up
# with ssl
bash docker.machine.sh up secure

The docker configuration is explained in detail below.

Script bash and env vars

Go from console to the docker/production folder:

cd docker/production

In docker/production there is a bash script in the docker.sh file that can be run like this:

./docker.sh parameters
# Or
bash docker.sh parameters  // If you have a different bash shell like oh my zsh

There are serveral files with environment variables or config files to consider:

• docker/production/.env # Environment variables needed to run the bash script
• docker/production/ghost/.env # Ghost service environment variables
• docker/production/mysql/.env # Mysql service environment variables
• docker/production/nginx/.env # Nginx service environment variables
• docker/production/nginx/site.template # Nginx config site without ssl
• docker/production/nginx/site.template.ssl # Nginx config site with ssl

Files with environment variables .env and other config files mentioned below are ignored and will be created automatically from the *.example files.

Commands

Notes:

• Params between {} are optional, except {}*.
• Service names available: Service names: ghost | mysql | nginx | cerbot

The following describes each of the parameters::

Usage: docker.sh [up|start|restart|stop|rm|sh|bash|logs|ps]

• deploy --> Build and run services.
• server.up {secure} --> Build and run server (nginx) services; "secure" parameter is optional for ssl configuration
• up {secure} --> Build && deploy services; "secure" parameter is optional for ssl configuration.
• start {service} --> Start services.
• restart {service} --> Restart services.
• stop {service} --> Stop services.
• rm {service} --> Remove services.
• sh {service}* --> Connect to "service" shell.
• bash {service}* --> Connect to "service" bash shell
• logs {service}* {n_last_lines} --> Show "service" server logs
• machine.[details|create|start|restart|stop|rm|ip|ssh] --> Machine actions