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From manual Docker/Nginx proxy to Traefik and Ansible: Modernizing my Ghost blog stack in 2026

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From manual Docker/Nginx proxy to Traefik and Ansible: Modernizing my Ghost blog stack in 2026

This blog has run Ghost in Docker since 2020, manually deployed. In 2026 I set the goal to use Traefik as a modern reverse proxy. Learn the first steps with Traefik, Docker and Ghost, and how to automate with Ansible — including domain redirects, TLS certificates, version pinning, and backups.

Docker Compose with Ghost and MySQL 8.4, mysql_native_password startup errors - mitigation and solution

Docker Compose with Ghost and MySQL 8.4, mysql_native_password startup errors - mitigation and solution

An unplanned MySQL upgrade to 8.4 introduced startup errors, removed deprecated mysql_native_password auth method. This blog post looks into root cause, workaround mitigation, and solution with migrating to caching_sha2_password. When you read this, it worked.

Ghost v5 upgrade with MySQL 8 collation migration, in Docker compose

Ghost v5 upgrade with MySQL 8 collation migration, in Docker compose

Ghost v5 has been released, the underlying stack for this website, running in containers. In this blog post, I'll look into the upgrade to the latest v4, MySQL8 collation changes, database migrations, and the final v5 upgrade. There are a few required steps for v5: * Upgrade to the

Upgrade to Ghost v4 with Docker Compose

Upgrade to Ghost v4 with Docker Compose

When Ghost 4 [https://ghost.org/changelog/4/] was released earlier this year, I've looked into the upgrade from the initial v3 based setup in docker-compose [https://dnsmichi.com/2020/02/09/new-blog/]. Unfortunately, the container based setup is not officially supported, and there were no upgrade guides