# Ghost (/templates/ghost)



[Ghost](https://ghost.org) is a publishing platform for blogs and newsletters, with memberships and paid subscriptions built in.

Deploy it from the [template list](/templates#deploy-a-template). It takes a minute or two.

## What gets deployed [#what-gets-deployed]

<TemplateServices name="Ghost" />

Ghost keeps uploaded images and themes on a volume mounted at `/var/lib/ghost/content`. Posts, members and settings live in the MySQL service.

## What you fill in [#what-you-fill-in]

<TemplateInputs name="Ghost" />

## After it deploys [#after-it-deploys]

Open `https://your-domain/ghost/`. Ghost asks you to create the owner account and name your site.

## Good to know [#good-to-know]

* **Email**: Ghost needs a mail service to send newsletters and sign-in links. Add the `mail__*` variables from the [Ghost mail docs](https://docs.ghost.org/config#mail) to the service and redeploy.
* **Deployed before the volume was added?** Older versions of the template did not create one, so images and themes were lost on redeploy. [Create a volume](/services/volumes) and mount it on the Ghost service at `/var/lib/ghost/content`.