How to Host Ghost Blog on Home Web Server

Question

I am running the Ghost Blog inside a docker container inside a virtual machine running Ubuntu Snappy Core OS. This virtual machine is running on my home server, a C720 Chromebook cracked to run Lubuntu on bare-metal.

I can see the blog at localhost:2368 but do not know how to make it accessible to outside world? I am port forwarding from the router to the C720, and have verified that I can host the blog from the native OS. Now I am trying to get it running from inside the virtual machine.

Answer 1

Make your VM run in bridge mode and pick up an address from your home router. Then expose the port on your container with something like this:

docker run -ti -p 2368:2368 ghost

Then you will be able to access your Ghost web site using the Bridged IP address

http://<bridged-ip>:2368