Self-host Ghost: your own blog and newsletter
Run Ghost on a computer you already own, at its own web address with HTTPS: a free dargo.app subdomain or your own domain. Write, publish, and let readers subscribe.
Install Ghost from the App Store
Sign in at my.dargo.net, open App Store, search for Ghost and click Install. Pick the device it runs on.
Choose its web address
Keep Subdomain and type a name, for example alexghost. Your site will live at alexghost.dargo.app, with HTTPS. Click Install and wait a few minutes.
Create your publication
On your device's page, click the arrow on the Ghost card. Ghost asks for your site title, your name, email and a password, then shows its Let's get started checklist.
Write and publish
Open Posts, write your post, and click Publish. Choose when it goes out, then Publish post, right now.
Your site is live
Open your address, for example alexghost.dargo.app. Readers can sign up with the Subscribe form.
Optional: use your own domain
On the Ghost card, click Settings, choose Custom Domain, type your domain and add the DNS records Dargo shows. See Use your own domain.
Good to know
- Your posts, members and images stay on your computer.
- The computer has to be on and connected for the site to be online.
- Ghost's admin is at /ghost on your address, for example alexghost.dargo.app/ghost.