Hi everyone,
This is my first time creating a Ghost website and I was really excited until I found it’s nearly impossible to configure my email settings via Mailgun. I can send any Newsletter posts with no issues but right now I can’t get anyone to subscribe or sign up.
I have followed nearly every website and document to create and configure the DNS and domain settings. Right now my email subdomain is mail.javierdepascual.com and I plan to send my newsletter through there. Problems started when I edited my config.production.json to include Mailgun settings. This is the file:
{
"url": "https://javierdepascual.com",
"server": {
"port": REDACTED,
"host": "REDACTED"
},
"database": {
"client": "mysql",
"connection": {
"host": "localhost",
"user": "ghost",
"password": "REDACTED",
"database": "ghost_production"
}
},
"mail": {
"from": "Javier de Pascual <contacto@mail.javierdepascual.com>",
"transport": "SMTP",
"options": {
"service": "Mailgun",
"host": "smtp.eu.mailgun.org",
"secureconnection": true,
"port": 587,
"auth": {
"user": "postmaster@mail.javierdepascual.com",
"pass": "REDACTED"
}
}
},
"logging": {
"transports": [
"file",
"stdout"
]
},
"process": "systemd",
"paths": {
"contentPath": "/var/www/ghost/content"
}
}
According to jsonlint.com there’s no issues with my json file, but when I run ghost doctor or I try to restart ghost I get the following errors:
Checking system Node.js version - found v14.16.1
Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]
Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]
Checking current folder permissions
Validating config
Checking content folder ownership
Checking memory availability
Checking binary dependencies
Checking free space
One or more errors occurred.
- Validating config
Error detected in the production configuration.
Message: Config file is not valid JSON
- SystemError
Message: You are recommended to have at least 150 MB of memory available for smooth operation. It looks like you have ~105.90234375 MB available.
I know the storage error can be skipped but I don’t know if when restarting I should skip that every time in order to have my ghost setup active.
Thing is my ghost status is STOPPED. and when sending a ghost log this is what I get:
A ConfigError occurred.
Error detected in the production configuration.
Message: You have excluded file logging in your ghost config. You need to add it to your transport config to use this command.
Configuration Key(s): logging.transports
Current Value(s):
Help: Run ghost config <key> <new value> for each key to fix the issue.
I’ve been banging my head on the walls for hours. Some online searches brought me to this site:
And since I’m hosting my Ghost website through DO I thought following this convoluted guide would solve the problem. It didn’t.
I thought using DigitalOcean and Ghost was easy enough to get my website going. Right now I’m considering just switching to a third party service like Mailchimp because this seems impossible for my level of expertise. I just hope someone here can help me since this has been a reocurring issue in the forums and, to be honest, looks like a pretty basic part of the setup, but no one has been, apparently, able to solve it and post the solution online.
Thank you in advance and I’m sorry if I my tone reads frustration all over the post, but I am.
- What’s your URL? http://www.javierdepascual.com
- What version of Ghost are you using? 4.12.1
And
- How was Ghost installed and configured? Digital Ocean
- What Node version, database, OS & browser are you using? Node v14.16.1