Deploying a new instance

On dokku

dokku apps:create ghost
dokku mysql:create ghost
dokku mysql:link ghost ghost
dokku storage:ensure-directory ghost
dokku storage:mount ghost /var/lib/dokku/data/storage/ghost:/var/lib/ghost/content

Then set the config:

dokku config:set ghost \
    database__client=mysql \
    database__connection__database=ghost \
    database__connection__host=dokku-mysql-ghost \
    database__connection__password=supersecretstring \
    database__connection__port=3306 \
    database__connection__user=mysql \
    mail__from=notifications@example.com \
    mail__options__auth__pass=mailtrappass \
    mail__options__auth__user=smtp@mailtrap.io \
    mail__options__host=live.smtp.mailtrap.io \
    mail__options__port=587 \
    mail__options__secure=false \
    mail__options__service=Mailtrap \
    mail__transport=SMTP \
    url=https://ghost.example.com

Then finally, deploy from docker:

dokku git:from-image ghost ghost:latest
dokku ports:set ghost http:80:2368
dokku letsencrypt:enable ghost

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