How to run ghost in production mode?

Using Ghost
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Hi, This is probably a very stupid question, yet I am having trouble running Ghost in production mode.

Despite my efforts, no matter what I do Ghost always starts in local mode as evidenced by the graphic below:

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Steps I have taken in order to start Ghost in production mode:

  1. Configured config.production.json: I ensured I had a config.production.json file in the root directory of my Ghost installation. This file contains all the required configurations for production, including the url, server, and database keys.

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Nonetheless, if I remove the development configuration file I start receiving this error:

→ Running in development mode

A ConfigError occurred.

Error detected in the development configuration.

I do not understand why Ghost keeps trying to run in development mode when I specifically want it to run in production.

Can someone with more experience explain what am I doing wrong?

Thank you :slight_smile:

PS:This is the command I used for the installation:
ghost install --url http://ghost-production.com --port 2388 --db mysql --dbhost localhost --dbport 3306 --dbname asgf_fiu --dbuser asgf_fiu --dbpass “…” --dir /home/asgf/ghost-production.com --process production --no-setup-linux-user --stack false --no-start

And yes I already noticed that there is no process production, I have since then changes it to local again.

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Could you please share how you’re starting Ghost?

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Ah already a reply, great thank you :).

Yes I tried starting ghost with several commands including:
ghost start
ghost start --production
to no avail.

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Anyone, please? I am trying to run ghost normally from the terminal with ghost start when I already have declared my production configuration, and the same still doesn`t run in production mode; why is that?