From 525ed36a5e090de4d7f7be2d8707264047516fb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 14:11:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add working configuration for Ghost!

---
 .../GhostExample/docker-compose.example.yml   | 42 ++++++++++-----
 Config/GhostExample/example.env               | 54 ++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Config/GhostExample/docker-compose.example.yml b/Config/GhostExample/docker-compose.example.yml
index 0bedd48..bf0196d 100644
--- a/Config/GhostExample/docker-compose.example.yml
+++ b/Config/GhostExample/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -4,34 +4,50 @@
 
 services:
 
-  app:
-    container_name: ghost-app
+  ghost-app:
+    container_name: $APP_NAME
     image: ghost:bookworm
     restart: always
     ports:
-      - 8068:2368
+      - 8368:2368
+    depends_on:
+      ghost-db:
+        condition: service_healthy
     environment:
       # see https://ghost.org/docs/config/#configuration-options
       database__client: mysql
-      database__connection__host: db
+      database__connection__host: $DB_NAME
       database__connection__user: root
-      database__connection__password: example
-      database__connection__database: ghost
-      # this url value is just an example, and is likely wrong for your environment!
-      #url: http://localhost:8080
-      # contrary to the default mentioned in the linked documentation, this image defaults to NODE_ENV=production (so development mode needs to be explicitly specified if desired)
-      #NODE_ENV: development
+      database__connection__password: $DB_ROOT_PASSWORD
+      database__connection__database: $DB_DATABASE
+      url: $URL
+      NODE_ENV: $MODE
     volumes:
       - ../../Volumes/Ghost/ghost:/var/lib/ghost/content
+    deploy:
+      mode: global
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: $CPU
+          memory: $MEM
 
-  db:
-    container_name: ghost-db
+  ghost-db:
+    container_name: $DB_NAME
     image: mariadb:lts
     restart: always
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
     environment:
-      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: example
+      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: $DB_ROOT_PASSWORD
+      MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE: $DB_AUTO_UPGRADE
     volumes:
       - ../../Volumes/Ghost/db:/var/lib/mysql
+    deploy:
+      mode: global
+      resources:
+        limits:
+          cpus: $CPU_DB
+          memory: $MEM_DB
 
 volumes:
   ghost:
diff --git a/Config/GhostExample/example.env b/Config/GhostExample/example.env
index 6eb3101..9d7cf06 100644
--- a/Config/GhostExample/example.env
+++ b/Config/GhostExample/example.env
@@ -9,22 +9,26 @@ COMPOSE_BAKE=true
 
 ## Ghost ##
 
-# TBD/TODO
+APP_NAME=ghost-app
+
+URL='http://localhost:8368'
+
+# Controls the Node.js runtime. Null is production.
+MODE=
+#MODE=development
 
 ## End Ghost ##
 
 
 ## Database ##
 
-MARIADB_DATABASE='ghost'
+DB_NAME=ghost-db
 
-#MARIADB_USER='db_user'
-#MARIADB_PASSWORD='database_password'
-
-MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD='db_root_password'
+DB_DATABASE=ghost
+DB_ROOT_PASSWORD='db_root_password'
 
 # Comment this if you do not want MariaDB to run upgrade scripts on new versions.
-MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
+DB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
 
 ## End Database ##
 
@@ -32,27 +36,27 @@ MARIADB_AUTO_UPGRADE=1
 ## Performance ##
 
 # Standard Minimum
-#GHOST_CPU=1.00
-#GHOST_MEM=2.00G
-#GHOST_CPU_DB=1.00
-#GHOST_MEM_DB=1.00G
+#CPU=0.10
+#MEM=0.50G
+#CPU_DB=1.00
+#MEM_DB=1.00G
 
 # Standard Recommended
-#GHOST_CPU=1.00
-#GHOST_MEM=4.00G
-#GHOST_CPU_DB=1.00
-#GHOST_MEM_DB=0.50G
+#CPU=1.00
+#MEM=1.00G
+#CPU_DB=1.00
+#MEM_DB=0.50G
 
-# Tested Minimum
-#GHOST_CPU=0.35
-#GHOST_MEM=0.35G
-#GHOST_CPU_DB=0.15
-#GHOST_MEM_DB=0.15G
+# Tested Minimum - TBD
+#CPU=0.35
+#MEM=0.25G
+#CPU_DB=0.15
+#MEM_DB=0.25G
 
-# Tested Recommended
-## GHOST_CPU=0.50
-## GHOST_MEM=0.50G
-## GHOST_CPU_DB=0.25
-## GHOST_MEM_DB=0.25G
+# Tested Recommended - TBD
+CPU=0.85
+MEM=0.65G
+CPU_DB=0.15
+MEM_DB=0.35G
 
 ## End Performance ##