Ghost upgrade failing

[stwr]

After some more digging around, it appears I’ve been able to solve my problem.

Here’s what I did, using this thread as the base;

First check where ghost is installed by running;
whereis ghost

gxxxx@xxxxxxxx:/var/www/ghost$ whereis ghost
ghost: /usr/bin/ghost /usr/local/bin/ghost

Then I checked the versions in both locations;

/usr/bin/ghost -v

gxxxx@xxxxxxxx:/var/www/ghost$ /usr/bin/ghost -v
Ghost-CLI version: 1.9.6
Ghost version: 1.25.3 (at /var/www/ghost)

/usr/local/bin/ghost -v

gxxxx@ghost-rikroukens-com:/var/www/ghost$ /usr/local/bin/ghost -v
Ghost-CLI version: 1.8.1
Ghost Version (at /var/www/ghost): 1.25.3

After that I had to run /usr/bin/ghost update --v1 which installed the latest version of Ghost v1 successfully

Then I ran /usr/bin/ghost update

gxxx@xxxxxxxx:/var/www/ghost$ /usr/bin/ghost update

• sudo systemctl is-active ghost_rikroukens-com
  Checking system Node.js version
  Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user
  Checking if logged in user is directory owner
  Checking current folder permissions
  Checking folder permissions
  Checking file permissions
  Checking content folder ownership
  Checking memory availability
  Checking for available migrations
  Checking for latest Ghost version
  Downloading and updating Ghost to v2.3.0

Checking theme compatibility for Ghost 2.3.0

Your theme is compatible.

You can also check theme compatibility at https://gscan.ghost.org

? Are you sure you want to proceed with migrating to Ghost 2.3.0? Yes
Updating to a major version

• sudo systemctl is-active xxxxxxxx
  ? Sudo Password [hidden]
• sudo systemctl stop xxxxxxx
  Stopping Ghost
  Linking latest Ghost and recording versions
• sudo systemctl is-active xxxxxxxxx
  ☱ Stopping Ghost✔ 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 xxxxxxxx
  Validating config
  Checking folder permissions
  Checking file permissions
  ☱ Restarting Ghost✔ Checking content folder ownership
• sudo systemctl start xxxxxxxx
  Restarting Ghost
  Removing old Ghost versions [skipped]

This appears to have been affective, I now have v2.3.0 installed on my server.

Finally, to avoid any further issues in the future I run;

mv /usr/local/bin/ghost /usr/local/bin/ghost2 && ln -s /usr/bin/ghost /usr/local/bin/ghost

So I won’t have this issue in the future.

Hope this helps others.