Ghost

Overview

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. This version includes mapping for MariaDB and SMTP. Big credits to Bitnami for the amazing image. Another fine product, brought to you by IBRACORP.

Runtime arguments

Web UI: http://[IP]:[PORT:2368]/
Network: bridge
Shell: sh
Privileged: false

Template configuration

GHOST_HOSTVariable

If you want to access your application from a public IP or hostname you need to set this environment variable to your public IP or hostname. E.g. blog.example.com

Default: localhost
Value: ghost.example.com

GHOST_EMAILVariable

Ghost application email. Default: user@example.com

Default: user@example.com
Value: user@example.com

BLOG_TITLEVariable

Ghost blog title. Default: User's Blog

Default: User's Blog
Value: User's Blog

MARIADB_HOSTVariable

Hostname for MariaDB server. Default: mariadb

Default: 192.168.1.100
Value: 192.168.1.100

MARIADB_PORT_NUMBERVariable

Port used by MariaDB server. Default: 3306

Default: 3306
Value: 3306

GHOST_DATABASE_NAMEVariable

Database name that Ghost will use to connect with the database. Default: bitnami_ghost

Default: ghost
Value: ghost

GHOST_DATABASE_USERVariable

Database user that Ghost will use to connect with the database. Default: bn_ghost

Default: ghost
Value: ghost

GHOST_DATABASE_PASSWORDVariable

Database password that Ghost will use to connect with the database. No defaults.

Value: password

ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORDVariable

It can be used to allow blank passwords. Default: no

Default: no
Value: no

SMTP_HOSTVariable

SMTP host. E.g. smtp.gmail.com

Default: smtp.gmail.com
Value: smtp.gmail.com

SMTP_PORTVariable

SMTP port. E.g. 587

Default: 587
Value: 587

SMTP_USERVariable

SMTP account user. E.g. your_email@gmail.com

Default: your_email@gmail.com
Value: your_email@gmail.com

SMTP_PASSWORDVariable

SMTP account password.

Default: password
Value: password

SMTP_FROM_ADDRESSVariable

SMTP from address.

Default: you@domain.com
Value: you@domain.com

SMTP_SERVICEVariable

SMTP service to use. E.g. GMail or Mailgun

Default: GMail
Value: GMail

SMTP_SECURE_CONNECTIONVariable

Use a secure connection for SMTP. true or false

Default: true
Value: true

GHOST_PROTOCOLVariable

Protocol to use in the application URLs. Valid values are https or https. Default: http

Default: http
Value: http

GHOST_USERNAMEVariable

Ghost application username. Default: user

Default: user
Value: user

GHOST_PASSWORDVariable

Ghost application password. The minimum length is 10 characters. Default: bitnami123

Default: bitnami123
Value: bitnami123

WebUIPorttcp

WebUI Port

Target: 2368
Default: 2368
Value: 2368

AppdataPathrw

Appdata

Target: /bitnami
Default: /mnt/user/appdata/ghost
Value: /mnt/user/appdata/ghost

Links

Template Support Docker Hub Project

Details

Repository

bitnami/ghost

Registry

https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/ghost/

Last Updated2025-08-22

First Seen2021-02-24

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