Ghost start fail on Ubuntu 22.04

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Hello !

I tried to install Ghost on an Ubuntu 22.04.
A strange error occurs when I run a “ghost start”.
The site is accessible but after about 5 minutes, ghost is shutting down and an error appears:

✖ Starting Ghost: blog-XXX-fr
A GhostError occurred.

Message: Could not communicate with Ghost
Suggestion: journalctl -u ghost_blog-XXX-fr -n 50

Debug Information:
    OS: Ubuntu, v22.04.4 LTS
    Node Version: v18.20.1
    Ghost Version: 5.81.1
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.26.0
    Environment: production
    Command: 'ghost start'

In the log file :


Message: Could not communicate with Ghost
Suggestion: journalctl -u ghost_blog-XXX-fr -n 50
Stack: Error: Could not communicate with Ghost
    at Server.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/lib/utils/port-polling.js:91:20)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:631:28)
    at Server.emit (node:events:517:28)
    at emitCloseNT (node:net:2221:8)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:81:21)

Resultats of journalctl -u ghost_blog-XXX-fr -n 100 :

Apr 04 16:46:29 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:29] INFO Ghost is running in production...
Apr 04 16:46:29 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:29] INFO Your site is now available on https://blog.XXX.fr/
Apr 04 16:46:29 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:29] INFO Ctrl+C to shut down
Apr 04 16:46:34 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:34] INFO Bootstrap socket timed out.
Apr 04 16:46:34 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:34] INFO Ghost server started in 6.15s
Apr 04 16:46:35 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:35] INFO Bootstrap client was closed.
Apr 04 16:46:35 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:35] INFO Database is in a ready state.
Apr 04 16:46:35 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:35] INFO Ghost database ready in 6.539s
Apr 04 16:46:35 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:35] WARN Missing mail.from config, falling back to a generated email address. Please update your config file and set a valid >
Apr 04 16:46:38 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:38] INFO Ghost URL Service Ready in 10.133s
Apr 04 16:46:39 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:39] INFO Adding offloaded job to the queue
Apr 04 16:46:39 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:39] INFO Scheduling job mentions-email-report at 9 48 * * * *. Next run on: Thu Apr 04 2024 16:48:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Un>
Apr 04 16:46:39 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:39] INFO Adding offloaded job to the queue
Apr 04 16:46:39 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:39] INFO Scheduling job clean-expired-comped at 51 43 2 * * *. Next run on: Fri Apr 05 2024 02:43:51 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Un>
Apr 04 16:46:39 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:39] INFO Adding offloaded job to the queue
Apr 04 16:46:39 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:39] INFO Scheduling job clean-tokens at 54 45 18 * * *. Next run on: Thu Apr 04 2024 18:45:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal>
Apr 04 16:46:40 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:40] INFO Ghost booted in 11.449s
Apr 04 16:46:40 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:40] INFO Adding offloaded job to the queue
Apr 04 16:46:40 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:40] INFO Scheduling job update-check at 25 19 15 * * *. Next run on: Fri Apr 05 2024 15:19:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal>
Apr 04 16:46:40 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:40] INFO Running milestone emails job on Thu Apr 04 2024 16:46:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Apr 04 16:46:45 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:45] INFO Bootstrap socket timed out.
Apr 04 16:46:45 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:45] INFO Bootstrap client was closed.
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /favicon.ico" 200 6ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /about/" 200 521ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /assets/built/screen.css?v=c40c223f7c" 200 16ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /assets/built/source.js?v=c40c223f7c" 200 18ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /public/cards.min.css?v=c40c223f7c" 200 10ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /public/cards.min.js?v=c40c223f7c" 200 8ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /public/member-attribution.min.js?v=c40c223f7c" 200 10ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /members/api/member/" 204 19ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /ghost/api/content/settings/?key=c95d3136cb8141be6f0e8a6fd5&limit=all" 304 166ms
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /ghost/api/content/tiers/?key=c95d3136cb8141be6f0e8a6fd5&limit=all&include=monthly_price,yearly_price,benefits">
Apr 04 16:46:55 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:46:55] INFO "GET /ghost/api/content/newsletters/?key=c95d3136cb8141be6f0e8a6fd5&limit=all" 304 54ms
Apr 04 16:47:37 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:47:37] INFO Updating incoming recommendations on boot
Apr 04 16:48:09 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:48:09] INFO Worker for job "mentions-email-report" online
Apr 04 16:48:09 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:48:09] INFO Worker for job mentions-email-report sent a message: done
Apr 04 16:51:27 blog systemd[1]: Stopping Ghost systemd service for blog: blog-XXX-fr...
Apr 04 16:51:27 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:51:27] WARN Ghost is shutting down
Apr 04 16:51:27 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:51:27] WARN Ghost has shut down
Apr 04 16:51:27 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:51:27] WARN Your site is now offline
Apr 04 16:51:27 blog node[1188]: [2024-04-04 16:51:27] WARN Ghost was running for 5 minutes

Could you help me understand the problem?

Thank you very much!

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The logs show that your blog was stopped, but it’s not clear that it crashed.

Please check the status output:

systemctl status “ghost*”

3

I’ve just managed to install it without any errors.
I don’t know what the problem was.
Thanks a lot!

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