Test 1: Verify the Ghost container is running

docker ps | grep ghost_cms

Test 2: Check container logs for successful startup

docker logs ghost_cms | grep "Ghost server started"

Test 3: Verify the Ghost process is listening on port 2368

sudo netstat -tuln | grep 2368

Test 4: Test HTTP connectivity to Ghost

curl -I http://172.16.1.5:2368

Test 5: Verify Ghost homepage returns valid HTML

curl -s http://172.16.1.5:2368 | grep -i "<html"

Test 6: Test connectivity to Ghost admin panel

curl -I http://172.16.1.5:2368/ghost/

Test 7: Create a REST API client to test Ghost API

Save this as test-ghost-api.sh

#!/bin/bash echo "Testing Ghost API..." response=$(curl -s http://172.16.1.5:2368/ghost/api/v3/content/settings/) if $response == "title" ; then echo "API test passed: Settings retrieved successfully" else echo "API test failed" exit 1 fi

Test 8: Verify data persistence

First, restart the container

docker restart ghost_cms

Then check if it comes back up with the same configuration

sleep 10 docker logs ghost_cms | grep "Ghost server started"

Test 9: Check resource usage

docker stats --no-stream ghost_cms