Ghost

Deploy Ghost on Kubernetes using the official ghost container image. Ghost is a powerful open-source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and memberships with a modern editor and headless CMS API.

Key Features

• MySQL Backend — bundled MySQL subchart or external database support
• Content Persistence — persistent volume for images, media, and uploaded files
• S3 Backup — scheduled content backups to S3-compatible object storage
• Headless CMS API — Content API and Admin API for headless usage
• Memberships & Newsletters — built-in subscription and email newsletter support
• Ingress Support — configurable ingress with TLS for the publishing frontend

Installation

HTTPS repository:

helm repo add helmforge https://repo.helmforge.dev
helm repo update
helm install ghost helmforge/ghost

OCI registry:

helm install ghost oci://ghcr.io/helmforgedev/helm/ghost

Basic Example

# values.yaml
ghost:
  url: 'https://blog.example.com'

mysql:
  enabled: true

persistence:
  enabled: true
  size: 10Gi

ingress:
  enabled: true
  ingressClassName: traefik
  hosts:
    - host: blog.example.com
      paths:
        - path: /
          pathType: Prefix

Key Values

Key	Default	Description
ghost.url	""	Public URL of the Ghost instance
mysql.enabled	true	Enable bundled MySQL subchart
persistence.enabled	true	Enable content persistence
persistence.size	10Gi	PVC size for content
backup.enabled	false	Enable scheduled S3 content backups
backup.schedule	0 3 * * *	Cron schedule for backups
ingress.enabled	false	Enable ingress

More Information

• Ghost documentation
• Source code