Ghost CMS + Google Cloud — Complete step-by-step tutorial for beginners | Start a blog for FREE

Wonder how to start your own blog for free and which free blogging tool is the best for beginners? I'll show you how to install Ghost blog CMS on Google Cloud.

You'll get the same professional, but still very easy to use, Ghost blogging platform as Ali Abdaal is using for his own blog.

The tutorial is beginner-friendly, you don't need any specific skills or previous experience.
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How to configure Ghost mail (tutorial part 2) ▶️ https://youtu.be/Z_klU7STVDk

How to configure business email with Gmail for free ▶️ https://youtu.be/4GfYZ4C0uDI

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Useful links:
Subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3tPhCTQ

Text version of the tutorial: https://bit.ly/3OcylJ1

Free domain registrars
https://www.freenom.com/
http://www.dot.tk/

CloudFlare: https://www.cloudflare.com/

Google Cloud: https://cloud.google.com/

Google Cloud Free program info: https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-free-tier

More info about Ghost CMS: https://ghost.org/
Faster setup with Ghost Pro (paid): https://ghost.org/pricing/

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Check out pinned comment if you're installing Ghost 5.9 or newer!

❗ Commands and other copy/pastes
ℹ️ Install Cyberpanel
sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

shutdown -r now

sudo su -

⚠️ In the next command add a less-than sign before (curl

sh (curl https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh || wget -O - https://cyberpanel.net/install.sh)

ℹ️ Ghost Docker
Left (destination)
/var/lib/ghost/content

Right (source) (⚠️use YOUR DOMAIN instead of domain.com⚠️)
/home/domain.com/public_html/ghost
ℹ️ Reverse proxy

sudo vim /usr/local/lsws/conf/httpd_config.conf

Paste this to the end of the file:
extprocessor dockerbackend {
type proxy
address 127.0.0.1:2368
maxConns 100
pcKeepAliveTimeout 60
initTimeout 60
retryTimeout 0
respBuffer 0
}

To exit editor and save press Esq, type :wq and press Enter

ℹ️ Rewrite rule

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

REWRITERULE ^(.*)$ http://dockerbackend/$1 [P]
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Things you'll need
02:52 - How to get a free domain
03:22 - Getting around Freenom's issue
04:31 - Better domain registrar alternative (paid)
05:42 - How to buy domain at CloudFlare
06:09 - Set up Google Cloud instance
09:30 - Setting nameservers (optional step)
10:17 - Domain DNS configuration
10:56 - Server setup and Ghost CMS installation
12:13 - Installing Cyberpanel
13:52 - Setting firewall rules
15:13 - Ghost docker installation
17:13 - Reverse proxy
18:10 - Finishing Ghost blog configuration

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Music:

brillion. - Night Owl https://chll.to/d2c1bc60

Makzo, brillion. - Layover https://chll.to/6d1f5d40

HM Surf, Mama Aiuto - Minnie https://chll.to/61e7a27b

penguinmusic - Modern Chillout https://pixabay.com/users/penguinmusic-24940186/

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