I am tired of WordPress
I’m sure that sentiment is shared by more and more people every day. It is a heavyweight contender that no longer fits the leightweight blogger battles. This is my simple attempt to install something different.
The obvious benefits of Ghost, from my limited experience, have been:
- the simple markdown editing
- ease of installation (for people with Linux experience)
- wonderful mobile support (mostly for tablets)
Update!!!
I primarily use the method described by [5] instead of the rest of it because it is a lot more secure.
You will still need to do a couple of the fixes listed here, but I will move them up for convenience:
- Delete the default nginx symlink:
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Prerequisites
- have a running Ubuntu 13.10 with root access
- update apt-repo:
sudo apt-get update - install the basic packages:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
Steps to Install Ghost
- Install the basic Ubuntu Packages required:
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs[1] - Download the ghost package:
curl -L https://ghost.org/zip/ghost-latest.zip -o ghost.zip[2] - Unzip the ghost package:
unzip -uo ghost.zip -d ghost - Change into the ghost directory:
cd ghost - Create a symlink of
/usr/bin/nodejsto/usr/bin/node[3] - You may also need to install sqlite dev libraries:
sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev - You can now run
npm install --production - To run ghost run:
npm start - You can modify config.js to have an external-facing IP (such as 0.0.0.0)
Steps to Deploy Ghost
- Install nginx:
sudo apt-get install nginx[4] - Create and edit the file:
/etc/nginx/sites-available/ghost.conf - Enter the following into the file:
[code lang=text]
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
location / {
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:2368;
}
}
[/code]
- Change server_name to your domain
- Symlink your config file from sites-enabled:
[code lang=text]
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/ghost.conf \
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ghost.conf
[/code]
- Delete the default nginx symlink:
sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default - Restart nginx:
sudo service nginx restart
Secure Ghost and Server
Check out this website to know how to do that.
