# Ghost not starting ( Freezes in Starting Ghost ) **URL:** \ **Category:** Installation\ **Created:** [June 7, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672 "2019-06-07T17:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![themeix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/themeix/32/4472_2.png) [@themeix](https://forum.ghost.org/u/themeix)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/1 "2019-06-07T17:44:17Z")
Hello, Recently i updated Ghost CLI, Node Version When i am trying to start or restart ghost its not working… Here following the information mydemo@server91:~/public\_html/etube$ ghost start - sudo systemctl is-active ghost\_etube-demo - sudo systemctl reset-failed ghost\_etube-demo ✔ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user ✔ Checking if logged in user is directory owner ✔ Checking current folder permissions - sudo systemctl is-active ghost\_etube-demo ✔ Validating config ✔ Checking folder permissions ✔ Checking file permissions ✔ Checking content folder ownership ✔ Checking memory availability - sudo systemctl start ghost\_etube-demo ☴ Starting Ghost My ghost and Ghost-CLI version : Ghost-CLI version: 1.11.0 Ghost version: 2.23.3 Node : v10.13.0 Nodejs : v6.17.1 Please help me to fix that. ---
**Author:** ![pascalandy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/pascalandy/32/444_2.png) [@pascalandy](https://forum.ghost.org/u/pascalandy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/2 "2019-06-07T19:57:13Z")
Nodejs 6 is deprecated. You should use node 10. ---
**Author:** ![themeix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/themeix/32/4472_2.png) [@themeix](https://forum.ghost.org/u/themeix)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/3 "2019-06-08T04:33:04Z")
Yes… it was nodejs issue ---
**Author:** ![lmuzquiz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/lmuzquiz/32/598_2.png) [@lmuzquiz](https://forum.ghost.org/u/lmuzquiz)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/4 "2019-06-18T20:12:56Z")
In my case i ran: ghost update --force ---
**Author:** ![joncojonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@joncojonathan](https://forum.ghost.org/u/joncojonathan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/5 "2019-06-18T21:00:10Z")
I have a similar issue at the moment and will happily start a new thread if deemed warranted. I’ve just upgraded to `node v10.16.0` after seeing @pascalandy note that version 6, which I was running, was deprecated (thanks for that pointer). My blog was running fine until I ran `ghost update` to upgrade my blog to 2.25.0 (previous version was either 23 or 24, apologies, I didn’t note which). Initially the upgrade complained about the npm version but that’s sorted now. The Ghost service isn’t running following the upgrade. Indeed, issuing `ghost start` says: ```auto + sudo systemctl start ghost_localhost Starting Ghost ``` and then just hangs. Running `ghost run` allows the blog to start correctly. System is is Debian 9.9 with Nginx serving Ghost. I note the Ghost server isn’t running hence _bad gateway_ messages. I’ve tried `ghost update --force` which completed successfully but didn’t resolve the issue. Incidentally, if I execute `ghost run` the blog starts correctly. Any advice please? ---
**Author:** ![joncojonathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@joncojonathan](https://forum.ghost.org/u/joncojonathan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/6 "2019-06-29T08:32:59Z")
My start issue solved here: > [@Problems starting Ghost 2.25.1 on Debian 9.9](https://forum.ghost.org/t/problems-starting-ghost-2-25-1-on-debian-9-9/7912/9): > > Many thanks @jeff - the problem was a path inside the systemd unit for the service following the Node move. ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /usr/bin/ghost run Path /usr/bin/node no longer existed (confirmed via ls /usr/bin/node). In case others have this problem, find node by using whereis node: manager@server:~$ whereis node node: /usr/local/bin/node Then use a text editor to correct the config line: ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node /usr/bin/ghost run Systemd then needs to be told about the changes… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/b/ba9ce5100b8bb264586f4f572545596b2ce3f081.png) [@system](https://forum.ghost.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/ghost-not-starting-freezes-in-starting-ghost/7672/7 "2019-07-13T08:33:05Z")
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