# Running Ghost on 1GB RAM - mySQL fix

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-1gb-ram-mysql-fix/34582>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 3, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-1gb-ram-mysql-fix/34582 "2022-12-03T15:07:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@block](https://forum.ghost.org/u/block)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/running-ghost-on-1gb-ram-mysql-fix/34582/2 "2023-01-19T14:03:50Z")

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Hi, I have the same configuration on Digital Ocean. It was very frustrating to know that digital ocean sells a service (the droplet) with Ghost that basically doesn’t work out of the box. Luckily, many good people created guides to setup the machine and make it faster without crashes. Have a look here: [Ghost on 1GB Digital Ocean droplet using 100% of memory - #8 by jazmy](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-on-1gb-digital-ocean-droplet-using-100-of-memory/32444/8)

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