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+# Build artifacts
+*.tar.gz
+*.tar
+*.zip
+
+# Temporary files
+*.tmp
+*.swp
+
+# Log files
+*.log
+
+# OS generated files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Kubernetes generated files
+*.out
+pods/
+services/
+deployments/
+replicasets/
+configmaps/
+secrets/
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+Ghost Blog on Kubernetes
+This repository contains the configuration files necessary to deploy a Ghost blog on Kubernetes using a MySQL backend and an nginx-proxy for routing traffic.
+
+Prerequisites
+A running Kubernetes cluster
+The kubectl command-line tool installed on your local machine
+Deployment
+To deploy the Ghost blog, run the following commands:
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+kubectl apply -f namespace.yaml 
+kubectl apply -f ghost-blog-deployment.yaml
+kubectl apply -f ghost-blog-service.yaml
+kubectl apply -f mysql-deployment.yaml
+kubectl apply -f mysql-service.yaml
+kubectl apply -f ingress-service.yaml
+This will create the necessary resources in the cluster, including a deployment for the Ghost app, a service for connecting to the MySQL server, and an ingress service for routing traffic to the Ghost app via the nginx-proxy with https and http.
+
+Volumes
+This configuration is using a Persistent Volume to store the Ghost blog data, this can be done by creating a persistent volume and persistent volume claim, and then referencing it in the ghost-blog-deployment.yaml file.
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