Modern publishing, self-hosted properly

1. 01

   Create the VM

   The nodejs library script installs Node 22 and Nginx. Add MySQL 8, Ghost's production database.

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   $ edge compute create --name ghost --size s-2vcpu-4gb \
       --image ubuntu-24 --region london --script nodejs
   $ edge storage create acme-media
   
   $ edge compute ssh vm-2e7c19
   $ sudo apt install -y mysql-server

2. 02

   Install Ghost

   Ghost-CLI sets up the database, the Nginx site and a systemd service in one pass.

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   $ sudo npm install -g ghost-cli@latest
   $ sudo mkdir -p /var/www/ghost
   $ sudo chown $USER:$USER /var/www/ghost && cd /var/www/ghost
   $ ghost install --url https://acme.news \
       --db mysql --process systemd

3. 03

   Add the S3 storage adapter

   Ghost loads storage adapters from content/adapters, so copy the package in after installing it.

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   $ cd /var/www/ghost
   $ npm install ghost-storage-adapter-s3
   $ mkdir -p content/adapters/storage
   $ cp -r node_modules/ghost-storage-adapter-s3 \
       content/adapters/storage/s3

4. 04

   Point it at Edge Storage

   Set the endpoint and path-style addressing, and serve images from your media domain. Restart with ghost restart.

   config.production.jsonCopy

   "storage": {
     "active": "s3",
     "s3": {
       "accessKeyId": "EDGE_KEY",
       "secretAccessKey": "EDGE_SECRET",
       "region": "us-east-1",
       "bucket": "acme-media",
       "endpoint": "https://storage.edge.network",
       "forcePathStyle": true,
       "assetHost": "https://media.acme.news"
     }
   }

5. 05

   Put the CDN in front

   Cache the public site and serve media straight from the bucket, with image transforms on.

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   $ edge cdn create --name acme-news
   $ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \
       --domain acme.news --origin https://<vm-ip>
   $ edge cdn domains add cdn-a1b2c3 \
       --domain media.acme.news --jit-image \
       --origin-type storage --storage-bucket acme-media

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