fly.io for ghost

fly.toml

#
# See https://fly.io/docs/reference/configuration/ for information about how to use this file.
#

app = "sitename"
primary_region = "cdg"

[build]
  image = "ghost:5.49-alpine"

[mounts]
  source="data"
  destination="/var/lib/ghost/content"

[http_service]
  internal_port = 2368
  force_https = true
  auto_stop_machines = false
  auto_start_machines = false
  min_machines_running = 1

ghost.sh

flyctl launch --name sitename --image=ghost:latest --region cdg --no-deploy
flyctl volumes create data --region cdg --size 1
## change fly.toml above
flyctl secrets set url=https://sitename.fly.dev
flyctl secrets set NODE_ENV=development
flyctl secrets set database__connection__filename=/var/lib/ghost/content/data/ghost-dev.db  
flyctl deploy

Update Ghost

flyctl deploy -a yoursite --image=ghost:5.51.1-alpine

Migrate to Fly v2 (optional if prevously using v1)

flyctl migrate-to-v2
flyctl volumes destroy <vol_old>
fly machine clone --region arn <machine_id>

Persistent Storage

flyctl secrets set database__connection__filename=/var/lib/ghost/content/data/ghost-dev.db