Install Ghost

Table of Contents

Create user for Ghost #

adduser [GHOSTUSER]
usermod -aG sudo [GHOSTUSER]

Requirements #

Nginx #

Install nginx:

apt install nginx -y

MariaDB #

Install MariaDB

apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y

Initialize MariaDB:

mysql_secure_installation

Create database for Ghost:

mysql -u root -p

CREATE USER [GHOSTUSER]@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "Str0ngP4ss";
CREATE DATABASE  [GHOSTDB]; 
GRANT ALL ON [GHOSTDB].* TO [GHOSTUSER]@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT;

NodeJS 12.x #

Install NodeJS 12.x:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash
apt install nodejs -y

Create directory #

mkdir -p /var/www/ghost
chown [GHOSTUSER]:[GHOSTUSER] /var/www/ghost
chmod 775 /var/www/ghost

Ghost CLI #

npm install ghost-cli@latest -g

Ghost #

Change user to [GHOSTUSER]:

su - [GHOSTUSER]

Install our Ghost:

cd /var/www/ghost
ghost install