Install Ghost Blog - linux

Question

I've been trying to get Ghost.io installed on my web server for quite sometime. I have a VPS with Centos 6 and Cpanel.
Today I found a script at http://www.allaboutghost.com/one-click-ghost-install-script/ that said you could just enter a command into your ssh terminal and have it all installed for you.
Command
wget -O - https://raw.github.com/howtoinstallghost/installghost.sh/master/installGhost.sh | sudo bash
I did this and it appears to have worked, I didn't get any errors but now I am not able to find the install in either FileZilla or by using my web browser. The website says that it installs in the /var/www/ghost/ directory but I can't find that. If I use cd /var/www/ghost/ in the ssh it takes me right to it and even lets me edit the config.example.js file.
If I direct my browser to www.mydomain.com:80 since the site says it installs on port 80 it just takes me back to my home page.
What am I missing and what do I need to do?
As Per the comments, I did follow the instructions on the github page. Now All I get when I visit mydomainname.com/ghost/

Answer 1

Ghost is installed really easy. You'd better don't use 3rd party scripts for that as it might really vary from system to system. All you need is to get Node.js installed and then follow instruction for example from here: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-configure-ghost-on-ubuntu-16-04. They are very detailed and must work for Centos as well.
Most common errors are:
- Not configuring a reverse proxy (nginx or apache) to link to your ghost install on port 2368. Here is an example for Nginx:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain_or_ip_address;
location / {
proxy_set_header HOST $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2368;
}
}
If you now see default home page it means some web server is already running and intercept all the requests and parks them to a default location (e.g. /var/www)
- If you want Ghost to be the one and the only web server on your VPS, you have to remove or shut down currently installed web server and try to configure ghost to answer on port 80 like this:
server: {
host: '0.0.0.0',
port: '80'
}
I didn't test it but has to work. This kind of install is not recommended and insecure. I suppose you can configure reverse proxy from Cpanel, but not sure.
The best and easiest way to set up Ghost is using SSH.
Hope it helps. For any further help, you have to provide more details and possibly logs and configs. Most of the possible errors you'll catch when installing or starting your blog with npm
sudo npm install --production
sudo npm start --production
Good luck with your deployment.

Answer 2

Hey you don't need to do that much you can just launch ghost from digitalpress for free...
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