Very old ghost installation - unable to start

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Hi,

I installed ghost for my blog a long time ago on centos 7:

Ghost-CLI version: 1.9.4
Ghost version: 2.1.4 (at /srv/www/ghost)

I dont quite remember how I used to start it, but I cant figure out how to anymore. ghost start and ghost doctor gives me an error:

One or more errors occurred.

1) ProcessError

Message: Command failed: /bin/sh -c sudo -S -p '#node-sudo-passwd#'  systemctl is-active ghost_aurabindo-in

unknown

Exit code: 3


Debug Information:
OS: linux, v3.10.0-1160.108.1.el7.x86_64
Node Version: v8.17.0
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.9.4
Environment: production
Command: 'ghost doctor'

Iā€™d appreciate any suggestions on how to recover this error. Thanks in advance!

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The error implies that systemd failed to start your Ghost instance (not running.)

You could try ghost run instead. Any errors will be output to the terminal.

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That did the trick! Thanks :slight_smile:

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I strongly suggest you take a backup of your site content, routes etc., and then install a fresh up-to-date instance of Ghost.

Please refer to this guide.

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