# Ghost

Ghost is a free and open source blogging platform written in JavaScript and distributed under the MIT License, designed to simplify the process of online publishing for individual bloggers as well as online publications.

> [wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(blogging_platform)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_%28blogging_platform%29)

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# How to use this image

This will start a Ghost instance listening on the default Ghost port of 2368.

```console
$ docker run -d --name some-ghost ghost
```

### Custom port

If you'd like to be able to access the instance from the host without the container's IP, standard port mappings can be used:

```console
$ docker run -d --name some-ghost -p 3001:2368 ghost
```

Then, access it via `http://localhost:3001` or `http://host-ip:3001` in a browser.

# Stateful

Mount your existing content. In this example we also use the Alpine base image.

### Ghost 1.x.x

```console
$ docker run -d --name some-ghost -p 3001:2368 -v /path/to/ghost/blog:/var/lib/ghost/content ghost:1-alpine
```

### Ghost 0.11.xx

```console
$ docker run -d --name some-ghost -p 3001:2368 -v /path/to/ghost/blog:/var/lib/ghost ghost:0.11-alpine
```

### Breaking change

If you want to run Ghost 0.11.xx, be aware of the container's path difference:

-	Ghost 1.x.x is: `/var/lib/ghost/content`
-	Ghost 0.11.x is: `/var/lib/ghost`

# SQLite Database

This Docker image for Ghost uses SQLite. There is nothing special to configure.

# Docker Volume

Alternatively you can use a [data container](http://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockervolumes/) that has a volume that points to `/var/lib/ghost/content` (or /var/lib/ghost for 0.11.x) and then reference it:

```console
$ docker run -d --name some-ghost --volumes-from some-ghost-data ghost
```

# What is the Node.js version?

When opening a ticket at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues it becomes necessary to know the version of Node.js in use:

```console
$ docker exec <container-id> node --version
v6.11.2
```
