I tried the update again, and then ran that command right after it failed. Results were a little more interesting. I still don’t know how to fix, though.
root@lamarche:~# journalctl -u ghost_lamarche-photography -n 50
-- Logs begin at Mon 2019-07-01 23:52:52 UTC, end at Wed 2020-04-01 19:56:56 UTC. --
Apr 01 19:51:48 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.
Apr 01 19:51:48 lamarche systemd[1]: Stopped Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:51:48 lamarche systemd[1]: Started Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:51:49 lamarche node[16683]: - Inspecting operating system
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: /var/www/ghost/versions/3.12.1/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/make-dir.js:86
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: } catch {
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: ^
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche node[16683]: at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/ghost/versions/3.12.1/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/index.js:3:44)
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 4.
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche systemd[1]: Stopped Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:51:50 lamarche systemd[1]: Started Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:51:51 lamarche node[16737]: - Inspecting operating system
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: /var/www/ghost/versions/3.12.1/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/make-dir.js:86
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: } catch {
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: ^
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: SyntaxError: Unexpected token {
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Module._compile (module.js:616:28)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche node[16737]: at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/ghost/versions/3.12.1/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/mkdirs/index.js:3:44)
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche systemd[1]: Stopped Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche systemd[1]: ghost_lamarche-photography.service: Failed with result 'start-limit-hit'.
Apr 01 19:51:52 lamarche systemd[1]: Failed to start Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:56:47 lamarche systemd[1]: Started Ghost systemd service for blog: lamarche-photography.
Apr 01 19:56:48 lamarche node[16871]: - Inspecting operating system
Apr 01 19:56:52 lamarche node[16871]: [2020-04-01 19:56:52] INFO Ghost is running in production...