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version: '3.8'
services:
  ghost:
    image: ghost:5-alpine
    container_name: ghost-app
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "2368:2368"
    environment:
      - url=https://newsletter.yourdomain.com
      - database__client=mysql
      - database__connection__host=db
      - database__connection__user=ghost
      - database__connection__password=ghost_secure_password
      - database__connection__database=ghost_prod
      - mail__transport=SMTP
      - mail__options__host=email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
      - mail__options__port=587
      - mail__options__auth__user=YOUR_SES_USER
      - mail__options__auth__pass=YOUR_SES_PASSWORD
    volumes:
      - ghost-content:/var/lib/ghost/content
    depends_on:
      - db
  db:
    image: mysql:8.0
    container_name: ghost-db
    restart: always
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=mysql_root_pass
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=ghost_prod
      - MYSQL_USER=ghost
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=ghost_secure_password
    volumes:
      - ghost-dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
  ghost-content:
  ghost-dbdata:

version: '3.8'
services:
  wordpress:
    image: wordpress:php8.2-apache
    container_name: wp-app
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
    environment:
      - WORDPRESS_DB_HOST=db
      - WORDPRESS_DB_USER=wordpress
      - WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD=wp_secure_password
      - WORDPRESS_DB_NAME=wordpress
    volumes:
      - wp-data:/var/www/html
    depends_on:
      - db
  db:
    image: mariadb:11.2
    container_name: wp-db
    restart: always
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=mariadb_root_pass
      - MYSQL_DATABASE=wordpress
      - MYSQL_USER=wordpress
      - MYSQL_PASSWORD=wp_secure_password
    volumes:
      - wp-dbdata:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
  wp-data:
  wp-dbdata: