I recently set up a new server and can’t seem to get Ghost running. Here are the details about my setup.
System Details
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Node v10.15.3
- Yarn v1.19.1
- NPM v6.4.1
- Ghost CLI Version 1.13.1
- Ghost Version: 3.0.3
When running ghost doctor, everything checks out and seems fine. When I run ghost start, it hangs for a couple of minutes and then outputs a message about not being able to communicate with Ghost. (Could not communicate with Ghost) I’ve included the output of the log below as well.
However, when I run ghost run the blog starts and I can access it in my web browser. I’m unable to start the service either. I’ve also tried running systemctl daemon-reload and relinking the system service myself.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ghost doctor output
✔ Checking system Node.js version ✔ Checking logged in user ✔ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user ✔ Checking if logged in user is directory owner ✔ Checking current folder permissions ✔ Checking operating system compatibility + sudo systemctl is-active ghost_jacobhaug-com ✔ Validating config ✔ Checking folder permissions ✔ Checking file permissions ✔ Checking content folder ownership ✔ Checking memory availability ✔ Checking binary dependencies
ghost start output
+ sudo systemctl is-active ghost_jacobhaug-com ✔ 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_jacobhaug-com ✔ Validating config ✔ Checking folder permissions ✔ Checking file permissions ✔ Checking content folder ownership ✔ Checking memory availability ✔ Checking binary dependencies + sudo systemctl start ghost_jacobhaug-com + sudo systemctl stop ghost_jacobhaug-com ✖ Starting Ghost: jacobhaug-com A GhostError occurred. Message: Could not communicate with Ghost Suggestion: journalctl -u ghost_jacobhaug-com -n 50 Debug Information: OS: Ubuntu, v18.04.3 LTS Node Version: v10.15.3 Ghost Version: 3.0.3 Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1 Environment: production Command: 'ghost start' Additional log info available in: /server/.ghost/logs/ghost-cli-debug-2019-11-11T18_09_05_151Z.log Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues. You can always refer to https://ghost.org/docs/api/ghost-cli/ for troubleshooting.
Log Output
Debug Information: OS: Ubuntu, v18.04.3 LTS Node Version: v10.15.3 Ghost Version: 3.0.3 Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1 Environment: production Command: 'ghost start' Message: Could not communicate with Ghost Suggestion: journalctl -u ghost_jacobhaug-com -n 50 Stack: Error: Could not communicate with Ghost at Server.server.close (/server/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/ghost-cli/lib/utils/port-polling.js:56:20) at Object.onceWrapper (events.js:277:13) at Server.emit (events.js:189:13) at emitCloseNT (net.js:1609:8) at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)
ghost run output
The `ghost run` command is used by the configured Ghost process manager and for debugging. If you're not running this to debug something, you should run `ghost start` instead. + sudo node current/index.js [2019-11-11 18:03:19] INFO Ghost is running in production... [2019-11-11 18:03:19] INFO Your site is now available on https://blog.jacobhaug.com/ [2019-11-11 18:03:19] INFO Ctrl+C to shut down [2019-11-11 18:03:19] WARN Can't connect to the bootstrap socket (localhost 8000) ECONNREFUSED [2019-11-11 18:03:19] WARN Tries: 0 [2019-11-11 18:03:19] WARN Retrying... [2019-11-11 18:03:19] WARN Can't connect to the bootstrap socket (localhost 8000) ECONNREFUSED [2019-11-11 18:03:19] WARN Tries: 1 [2019-11-11 18:03:19] WARN Retrying... [2019-11-11 18:03:20] WARN Can't connect to the bootstrap socket (localhost 8000) ECONNREFUSED [2019-11-11 18:03:20] WARN Tries: 2 [2019-11-11 18:03:20] WARN Retrying... [2019-11-11 18:03:20] WARN Can't connect to the bootstrap socket (localhost 8000) ECONNREFUSED [2019-11-11 18:03:20] INFO Ghost boot 2.836s
contents of config.production.json
{ "url": "https://blog.jacobhaug.com/", "server": { "port": 2368, "host": "127.0.0.1" }, "database": { "client": "mysql", "connection": { "host": "removed", "user": "removed", "password": "removed", "database": "removed" } }, "mail": { "transport": "Direct" }, "logging": { "transports": [ "file", "stdout" ] }, "process": "systemd", "paths": { "contentPath": "/server/applications/jacobhaug.com/blog/content" }, "bootstrap-socket": { "port": 8000, "host": "localhost" } }
contents of .ghost-cli
{ "active-version": "3.0.3", "cli-version": "1.13.1", "name": "jacobhaug-com" }