Deploy multi-language ghost on DigitalOcean

To support two languages, you’ll need to install two Ghost sites on the same server, setting up separate instances for each language.

Default English - https://domain.com
Korean Site - https://domain.com/kor/

Requirements

DigitalOcean account (if have not one, register new DigitalOcean account here)
Termius Software on your Desktop (Free download it here)

1. Generate SSH Key for Server Access

If you don’t already have an SSH key, follow these simple steps:

Open Termius (which you downloaded earlier).
Navigate to Settings > Keychain > Generate Key.
Name your key label and select RSA as the key type.
Click on Generate and Save.

Generate SSH key

Make sure to copy and securely store both the Private Key and Public Key. These keys will be essential for secure access to your server.

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAACAQCUBJ2jKLbwL580TuD/+txGQpq7JuMVgz4ha5U097BhyU2q50GvzgKpipxxxx...

2. One-click install ghost

Refer to the official Ghost documentation for a step-by-step guide on installing Ghost.

However, make sure to create a new server with a minimum of 2GB RAM as per the requirements (2 ghosts).

One-click install will auto install all server requirements for ghost.

Watch the video above as it guides you through the one-click installation of Ghost on DigitalOcean, providing easy-to-follow instructions.

Type your domain

3. Install the second ghost

Refer to Aspire Themes tutorials for a step-by-step guide on installing sencond Ghost on DigitalOcean. Thanks Aspire Themes.

However, there are some differences.

Use Termius to access the DigitalOcean server.

Access DigitalOcean server

You need the current MySQL host, username, and password.
Terminal window
```
cd /var/www/ghost/

cat config.production.json
```
Take notes of them. You will use them later in steps 3 and 5.

Create a website directory ghost-Korea

cd /var/www/
sudo mkdir ghost-Korea
sudo chown ghost-mgr:ghost-mgr ghost-Korea/

Login to MySQL and create a new database

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE ghost-Korea;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ghost-Korea.* to 'ghost'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '7d150600c49e7c5860be7ce03d4f8df67259176738d926ec';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Note down:

MYSQL password: 7d150600c49e7c5860be7ce03d4f8df67259176738d926ec
Database name ghost-Korea You will need it for for step 5.

Switch to the ghost-mgr user
Terminal window
```
sudo -i -u ghost-mgr
```
Install Ghost and follow the installation steps
Terminal window
```
cd /var/www/ghost-Korea/
ghost install
```
At Blog URL question, you need to fill https://yourdomain.com/kor

Check more ghost install with CLI

4. Config Nginx

Edit domain.com-ssl.conf
Terminal window
```
cd /etc/nginx/sites-availables
ls
nano domain.com-ssl.conf
```
Replace your real domain

Add proxy block as below

...
    location / {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2368;
    }

    location /kor/ {
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2369;
    }
...

Now you 2 ghosts and can access to ghost admin at:
1. English site (primary language) — https://domain.com/ghost/
2. Korean site (secondary language) — https://domain.com/kor/ghost/

Check the Ghost Config documentation for instructions on setting up SMTP and other configurations for each Ghost instance.