# Could not communicate with ghost

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/could-not-communicate-with-ghost/28409>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/could-not-communicate-with-ghost/28409 "2022-02-08T17:38:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Viss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/viss/32/16709_2.png) [@Viss](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Viss)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/could-not-communicate-with-ghost/28409/1 "2022-02-08T17:38:31Z")

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Hey everyone, I started working on this a few days ago because my site was showing this:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/c/3/c38619deb3bae58cf0f307d25dd52af43f221539.png)

I tried restarting ghost but every time I try starting ghost I get “Could not communicate with ghost”.

I’ve tried a bunch of different things from looking around the forum (updating ghost, updating node, changing user permissions, running ghost doctor).

When I first looked at config.production.json, “database” was not included, so after running ghost setup it is now there.

I’m afraid I might have caused more damage than good with all the poking around I’ve done over the past few days.

Anyone have any ideas for what I can do to get ghost started?

- **What’s your URL**? [justinviss.com](http://justinviss.com)
- **What version of Ghost are you using?** If it’s not the latest, please update Ghost first before opening your topic  
Ghost Version: 4.35.0

And

- How was Ghost installed and configured?  
Digital Ocean one drop
- What Node version, database, OS & browser are you using?

OS: Ubuntu, v20.04.3 LTS  
Node Version: v14.19.0  
Ghost Version: 4.35.0  
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.18.1  
Environment: production  
Command: ‘ghost start’

Browser: chrome

- What errors or information do you see in the console?

Message: Could not communicate with Ghost

Ghost doctor:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/3X/2/f/2f16c945413ffee547d323747031cf48797449ea.jpeg)

config.production.json

```auto
                                                 config.production.json                                                            
{
  "url": "https://justinviss.com",
  "server": {
    "port": 2368,
    "host": "127.0.0.1"
  },
  "mail": {
    "transport": "Direct"
  },
  "logging": {
    "transports": [
      "file",
      "stdout"
    ]
  },
  "process": "systemd",
  "bootstrap-socket": {
    "port": 8000,
    "host": "localhost"
  },
  "database": {
    "client": "mysql",
    "connection": {
      "host": "localhost",
      "user": "ghost-455",
      "password": password,
      "database": "ghost_prod"
    }
  }
}
```