https://blog.geoffcorey.com/tags/ghost/ Recent content in Ghost on Geoff Corey's Blog Hugo en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.geoffcorey.com/posts/migrating-from-ghost-to-hugo-using-claude/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.geoffcorey.com/posts/migrating-from-ghost-to-hugo-using-claude/ <p>Decided to move my blogs from Ghost to using Hugo and generate a static website for the content. The reason for this was I don&rsquo;t use all the fancy features of Ghost. I don&rsquo;t do newsletters and Ghost requires an email account if people want to sign up for notifications. Plus I have to run a database for the content.</p> <p>I started with creating an new directory and fired up Claude and started with this initial prompt.</p> https://blog.geoffcorey.com/posts/setup-a-self-hosted-ghost-blog-with-docker-and-caddy/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.geoffcorey.com/posts/setup-a-self-hosted-ghost-blog-with-docker-and-caddy/ <p>Ghost blogging platform offers simplicity, but email configuration presents challenges. This guide demonstrates deploying Ghost via docker-compose with Caddy as a reverse proxy.</p> <h2 id="core-setup">Core Setup</h2> <p>The Ghost documentation provides foundational installation steps. Caddy can handle wildcard domain certificates through Let&rsquo;s Encrypt for HTTPS security.</p> <h2 id="email-configuration-options">Email Configuration Options</h2> <p><strong>Transactional Emails</strong> (signup/subscriptions):</p> <ul> <li>Mailtrap free tier maintains your domain reputation</li> <li>Gmail alternative available if you accept third-party domain indicators</li> </ul> <p><strong>Newsletters</strong> (bulk messages):</p> <ul> <li>Mailgun offers a free tier suitable for low-volume blogs</li> <li>Configuration requires editing <code>config.production.json</code> with SMTP credentials</li> </ul> <h2 id="gmail-smtp-configuration">Gmail SMTP Configuration</h2> <p>Generate a dedicated app password via Google Account security settings, then configure Ghost with these credentials in the mail section of your production configuration file.</p> https://blog.geoffcorey.com/posts/caddy-wildcard-certs-and-ghost/ Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.geoffcorey.com/posts/caddy-wildcard-certs-and-ghost/ <h2 id="the-problem">The Problem</h2> <p>Hosting multiple applications on subdomains requires a strategy for SSL certificates. The specific example involves deploying Ghost blogging software to <code>blog.geoffcorey.com</code> while redirecting the root domain to this subdomain. The setup uses wildcard Let&rsquo;s Encrypt certificates to avoid generating separate certificates for each subdomain.</p> <h2 id="cloudflare-api-token">Cloudflare API Token</h2> <p>DNS configuration requires Cloudflare. The <a href="https://github.com/caddybuilds/caddy-cloudflare">CaddyBuilds/caddy-cloudflare</a> Docker image provides DNS challenge support for obtaining wildcard certificates.</p> <h2 id="setup-docker-compose--caddy-configuration">Setup: Docker Compose &amp; Caddy Configuration</h2> <h3 id="docker-composeyml">docker-compose.yml</h3> <p>The configuration includes three services:</p>