Does deploying Ghost cost anything on top of the VPS?
No. One Click Apps is included with every OnetSolutions VPS from 2 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 30 GB of disk. There is no surcharge, no separate subscription and no usage-based billing.
Publishing and newsletters
One-click Ghost hosting on a French VPS
Ghost runs your blog, your newsletter and your paid subscriptions on your own server, with no cut taken on the revenue. Tick it when you order your VPS and it is live over HTTPS a few minutes later.
- No SSH session, no Docker configuration
- Automatic HTTPS, on our subdomain or on yours
- Daily backups kept for 7 days
- No surcharge: it comes with the VPS
1 GB
of RAM required by Ghost
0%
commission on your subscriptions
€0
surcharge on your VPS
France
hosting and data
Why host Ghost yourself
Ghost is an open-source publishing system built for writers: a clean editor, member management, newsletter delivery and paid subscriptions out of the box. It is what replaces a Substack or a Medium when you want to keep hold of your audience.
The difference is ownership. On a hosted platform your subscriber list lives with a third party and a share of your revenue goes out as commission. Self-hosted, the member database sits on your server and what your subscribers pay comes to you in full, minus your payment processor's fees.
The usual price for that is the install: Node.js, a database, a reverse proxy, a TLS certificate to renew. That is exactly what the one-click deployment takes off your hands.
Editor and themesMembers and subscriptionsNewslettersContent APIBuilt-in SEO
From order to first post
Three steps, no command line. SSH stays available if you want it, but nothing requires it.
1
Order a VPS and tick Ghost
Pick a Debian or Ubuntu image and a size of at least 2 vCPU, 2 GB of RAM and 30 GB of disk, then select Ghost from the catalogue as you order.
2
The deployment runs itself
The orchestration platform installs itself, pulls Ghost and its database, generates the credentials and publishes the site over HTTPS. There is nothing for you to configure.
3
Open /ghost and start writing
Create your admin account, attach your domain name from the console, and publish. The TLS certificate follows whichever domain you declare.
Manual install versus one click
What you would have done by hand on a bare server, and what is left for you here.
| By hand | One click | |
|---|---|---|
| Going live | SSH session, installing Node.js, the database and the Ghost CLI | One box ticked at order time |
| HTTPS | Reverse proxy to configure, certificate to request then renew | Issued and renewed automatically |
| Database credentials | To generate, then copy into the configuration | Generated and injected for you |
| Updates | On the command line, server by server | Flagged in the console, applied in one click |
| Backups | Script and remote storage to set up | Daily, 7-day retention, one-click restore |
What size of VPS for Ghost
Ghost asks for 1 GB of RAM at minimum. One Click Apps requires 2 GB, which leaves room for the database and the system.
| Use case | Configuration | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Personal blog | 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 30 GB NVMe | Regular publishing, a few thousand visitors a month, no newsletter yet. |
| Publication with a newsletter | 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · 60 GB NVMe | Members, regular sends, full-resolution images and a custom theme. |
| Media outlet or several sites | 4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 120 GB NVMe | Sustained traffic, paid subscriptions, several applications on the same server. |
You change size from the console without reinstalling. Start small and move up when the need is real.
What we do, what you do
Worth stating plainly: we deliver and run the server, the application stays yours.
On us
The VPS, the network, DDoS protection, the hypervisor, and the deployment platform that installs the application, issues the certificate and triggers the backups.
On you
Ghost itself: its configuration, its updates, its extensions, its themes, its data. Our support does not step into the application and provides neither maintenance nor monitoring for it.
Worth doing
Test a restore before you need one, and wire up an external SMTP service for member emails rather than relying on direct delivery from the server.
Frequently asked questions about hosting Ghost
What people ask us most before getting started.
Can I use my own domain name?
Yes. You declare the domain from the console and the TLS certificate is issued automatically. If we host your DNS zone the record is created for you; otherwise point an A record at the instance IP address.
How many applications can I install on the same server?
There is no cap. Available memory is the only limit: the console refuses a deployment that would exceed the instance's memory budget.
How do Ghost updates work?
The console tells you a new image version is available and you apply it in one click. You decide when: we do not update your application on your behalf.
Do I keep SSH access to the server?
Yes. The VPS remains a full VPS with root access. One-click deployment saves you from needing SSH, it does not take it away.
Where is my subscriber data hosted?
On your VPS, in our datacenter in France. Daily backups are kept for 7 days and can be restored in one click from the console.
Your Ghost site live in minutes
Order a Debian or Ubuntu VPS, tick Ghost, and get an HTTPS address ready for your first post.