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From your first deployment to everyday maintenance. Find the next step, understand your options and get back to building.
Start with the essential Ghost Deploy workflows.
An application is the website or service you want Ghost Deploy to run. A repository is the GitHub project containing its code. Deployment means building that code, starting it on a server and making it available at an address.
A commit is a saved revision of your code. A deployment is an attempt to build and run a commit. The application can keep serving an older successful commit even when the latest deployment fails. Check Active and Last deployment separately.
GD detects project files and proposes settings. Detection is a starting point, not a reason to ignore the project's own setup instructions. The same programming language can produce a static website, a web server or a background worker, and each needs a different way to run.
Your workspace plan defines which services and resource amounts are available. A plan change applies to the workspace, so review the applications and other resources already using it before choosing.
Connect domains and understand DNS changes.
A domain is a name such as example.com. DNS records tell the internet where its website and email services are located. Nameservers host those records. A domain purchase, a DNS change and an application deployment are separate operations; completing one does not complete the others.
Create, connect, import and manage databases.
A database stores structured application information, such as accounts, bookings or orders. Its engine is the database software, for example PostgreSQL or MySQL. Choose the engine your application supports; changing the name of an engine does not convert existing data.
Store, share and connect application files.
File Manager is for files you manage through GD's interface. A Ghost Bucket is object storage for applications and tools. An object is a stored file identified by a key, which looks like a path. Creating a bucket does not automatically move application uploads into it.
Manage workspace settings, plans and billing.
A workspace groups applications, databases, buckets and billing-related settings. Your account can belong to several workspaces with different permissions. Always check the workspace selector before changing a resource.
