Initial Account Creation fails consistently

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My previous posts provides all the info RE my OS and configuration. While my previous problem appears to be solved, the new problem is when creating a new instance (/usr/local/www/{new site}, starting that instance for the first time, browsing to the new site and filling in the first/new account: hit “Create Account & Start Publishing”, I get the error:
» Request was rejected due to server error

The error is not accurate, regardless, what is amiss where this function fails consistently?

Obviously I have everything set up: DNS record, NGINX, MariaDB, config.production.json (copy of prior install with site specific tweaks)

PS: Ran ‘ghost doctor’ prior to running start and got all green lights.

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Since it sounds like you followed the standard installation process, the Ghost logs can be seen with:

 journalctl -u '*ghost*'

Do they show any errors that are intersting when you get this “server error” message?

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Thanks for writing Mark.
In the meantime, I’ve solved the problem which may have been a culmination of several factors:

  • Fine-tuned NGINX configuration, esp. fcgi needed attention
  • Switched all hosted sites to NGINX which allowed me to standardize on ports used rather than using alternate ports to keep it from colliding with Apache
  • Got email service to work with my Google provider

The latter is very likely the culprit because Ghost didn’t have a way to message a new user and verify authenticity.

Thank so much for checking back!
That motivated me to close the case :smiley:

Have a great weekend :shamrock:

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