docker-compose-ghost.yml

version: '3.1'

services:

  ghost:
    image: ghost:4-alpine
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 8080:2368
    environment:
      # see https://ghost.org/docs/config/#configuration-options
      database__client: mysql
      database__connection__host: db
      database__connection__user: exampleuser
      database__connection__password: examplepass
      database__connection__database: ghostdb
      # this url value is just an example, and is likely wrong for your environment!
      url: http://localhost:8000
      # 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 desire>
      #NODE_ENV: development
   volumes:
     - ./content:/var/lib/ghost/content

  db:
    image: mysql:8.0
    restart: always
    environment:
      MYSQL_RANDOM_ROOT_PASSWORD: '1'
      MYSQL_DATABASE: ghostdb
      MYSQL_USER: exampleuser
      MYSQL_PASSWORD: examplepass
    volumes:
      - db:/var/lib/mysql

volumes:
  db: