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+services:
+  ghost:
+    image: ghost:latest
+    container_name: ghost
+    deploy:
+#      placement:
+#        constraints: [node.role == worker]
+      replicas: 1
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - 2368:2368
+    environment:
+      # see https://ghost.org/docs/config/#configuration-options
+      database__client: mysql
+      database__connection__host: mysql
+      database__connection__user: ghost
+      database__connection__password: Carrot
+      database__connection__database: ghostdb
+      url: https://ghost.johnsnexus.click
+#
+      mail__transport: "SMTP"
+      mail__options__host: "smtp.gmail.com"
+#      mail__options__host: "smtp.mailgun.org"
+      mail__options__port: "587"
+      mail__options__secureConnection: "false"
+      mail__options__auth__user: "revjohndanderson@gmail.com"
+      mail__options__auth__pass: "sorc lxqh araw lppf"
+# contrary to the default mentioned in the linked documentation, this image defaults to NODE_ENV=production (so development mode needs to be explic>
+      #NODE_ENV: development
+    depends_on:
+      - mysql
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/cephfs/docker/ghost/data:/var/lib/ghost/content
+#    networks:
+#      - caddy_net
+
+  mysql:
+    image: mysql:8.4.6      # latest or last version of version 8; Ghost doesn't recognise version 9
+    container_name: mysql
+    deploy:
+#      placement:
+#        constraints: [node.role == worker]
+      replicas: 1
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/cephfs/docker/ghost/mysql:/var/lib/mysql:rw
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: Vegetable
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: ghostdb
+      MYSQL_USER: ghost
+      MYSQL_PASSWORD: Carrot
+#    networks:
+#      - caddy_net
+
+#networks:
+#  caddy_net:
+#    external: true