Upgrading from 1.20.3 error

Developer help
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I have a pretty basic install found at http://h0m3lab.com

Went to upgrade from 1.20.3 and getting the following:

scotty@serverpilot:/srv/users/serverpilot/apps/ghost/public$ ghost version
Ghost-CLI version: 1.9.6
Ghost version: 1.20.3 (at /srv/users/serverpilot/apps/ghost/public)

scotty@serverpilot:/srv/users/serverpilot/apps/ghost/public$ ghost update
Ghost-CLI commands do not work inside of a git clone, zip download or with Ghost <1.0.0.
Perhaps you meant `grunt update`?
Otherwise, run `ghost update` again within a valid Ghost installation.

I’ve done some searching trying to sort out what the issue is, but I have a gut feeling I’m digging too deep and this is a simple solution.

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@h0m3lab I don’t know how ServerPilot handles apps like Ghost, did you install Ghost using Ghost-CLI?

From the error message it sounds like you are running ghost update in the wrong directory or your Ghost instance was not installed with Ghost-CLI in which case you’ll need to work out the correct way of updating in your hosting environment.

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Just to give an update to people that may stumble upon this in the future.

I suspect I didn’t install ghost via the CLI because I never gave the serverpilot user sudo privileges. I enabled those and then did a fresh install via the CLI then restored the data - everything worked as expected during & post the install.

I also had to create the .htaccess file in root app directory containing the index redirect:

RewriteRule index.html http://localhost:2368/ [P]
RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost:2368/$1 [P]
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