Issue running ghost on ubuntu Ubuntu 16.04.6 (LTS) x64

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Hi Ghost community,

I’m excited to be a part of this group and to be using ghost. I am over wordpress haha.
I am currently installing ghost on a digital ocean droplet and am having an issue when I try to run ghost start

  • What’s your URL? This is the easiest way for others to debug your issue
    NA

  • What version of Ghost are you using?
    Ghost Version: 3.5.1 Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1

  • What configuration?

OS: Ubuntu, v16.04.6 LTS /n
Node Version: v10.19.0
Ghost Version: 3.5.1
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1
  • What browser?
    NA
  • What errors or information do you see in the console?
2) GhostError

Message: CREATE DATABASE `ghost_prod` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4; - EE_STAT: Can't get stat of './ghost_prod' (Errcode: 13 - Permission denied)

Suggestion: journalctl -u ghost_mydomainname-com -n 50
  • What steps could someone else take to reproduce the issue you’re having?
    When I run the suggestion journalctl -u ghost_sustainablepineapple-com -n 50
    I get the following:
Hint: You are currently not seeing messages from other users and the system.
      Users in the 'systemd-journal' group can see all messages. Pass -q to
      turn off this notice.
No journal files were opened due to insufficient permissions.

Any help is appreciated, thanks

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Are you sure you have the correct database information?
Make sure you provide fixed informations “host, User, Database, Password” or provide information of a user who can create users and databases such as MySQL root user.

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I have the user set as root and the password I created in mysql set inside ghost when I do the inital site build. Where would I change the other configurations for User and Database? Or is that necessary if I have the mysql set to root?

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Are you using the DigitalOcean marketplace one-click install Ghost Droplet?

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No, I created my own ubuntu instance as I wanted to learn some linux while I build this site.

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This is the full output when I run ghost start

user@ghost-droplet:/var/www/ghost$ ghost start
+ sudo systemctl is-active ghost_website-name-com
+ sudo systemctl reset-failed ghost_website-name-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_website-name-com
✔ Validating config
✔ Checking folder permissions
✔ Checking file permissions
✔ Checking content folder ownership
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking binary dependencies
+ sudo systemctl start ghost_website-name-com
+ sudo systemctl stop ghost_website-name-com
✖ Starting Ghost: website-name-com
A GhostError occurred.

Message: CREATE DATABASE `ghost_prod` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4; - EE_STAT: Can't get stat of './ghost_prod' (Errcode: 13 - Permission denied)
Suggestion: journalctl -u ghost_website-name-com -n 50

Debug Information:
    OS: Ubuntu, v16.04.6 LTS
    Node Version: v13.8.0
    Ghost Version: 3.5.1
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.13.1
    Environment: production
    Command: 'ghost start'

Additional log info available in: /home/user/.ghost/logs/ghost-cli-debug-2020-02-21T06_27_44_405Z.log

Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues.