Upgrade to Ghost v4, but a lot of 503 error

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In my case, I needed nvm for other applications so It would be a hassle to have to uninstall it. Instead I did the following:

which ghost

# /home/<your_user>/.nvm/versions/node/v12.17.0/bin/ghost

Then I modified the ghost.service with the ghost binary path in nvm:

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/ghost_your-blog-com

[Unit]
Description=Ghost systemd service for blog: your-blog-com
Documentation=https://ghost.org/docs/

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/var/www/html/your-blog
User=998
Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /usr/bin/ghost run
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /home/<your_user>/.nvm/versions/node/v12.17.0/bin/ghost run
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Afterward, run

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
ghost start

Thanks @elergy for the hints :raised_hands:

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