> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://blog.jsinh.in/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Installing Ghost on Ubuntu, Nignx and MySQL - Part 3 - URL: https://blog.jsinh.in/installing-ghost-on-ubuntu-nignx-and-mysql-part-3/ - Published: 2014-05-12T21:57:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-07T15:13:09.000Z - Author: Jsinh - Tags: #Import 2026-10-04 19:16 In continuation of [Installing Ghost on Ubuntu, Nignx and MySQL - Part 2](https://blog.jsinh.in/installing-ghost-on-ubuntu-nignx-and-mysql-part-2) Finally we arrive at the Ghost part mostly... #### Install Node.js ``` sudo apt-get update curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs sudo apt-get install -y build-essential ``` Step: Check node.js version (v4.5.0 - in my case). This will also install npm (node package manager - v2.15.9 - in my case). If by any case npm is not installed then do `sudo apt-get install npm` ``` node -v npm -v ``` #### Install MySQL ``` sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server ``` This will install MySQL 5.7.13 by default, during installation process you will be prompted to enter / set password for the MySQL root user (make sure it is complex enough, do not ignore). You can always change password of your root user of MySQL by following command: ``` sudo dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.7 ``` Check status of your MySQL and to start / stop MySQL use following command: ``` sudo netstat -tap | grep mysql sudo service mysql start sudo service mysql stop ``` Step: Setup database and user for Ghost. Go to MySQL CLI (will ask for root password you set during installation) ``` mysql -uroot -p ``` Step: Create database. Note: Do not forget the `;` at the end of the line. ``` create database ; ``` Step: Create user (access local) and set password. ``` create user ''@'localhost' identified by ''; ``` Step: Grant privileges to newly created user on the newly created database ``` grant all privileges on .* to ''@'localhost'; flush privileges; quit ``` #### Install Nginx Nginx is a high performance, lightweight web server package. Step: Install nginx ``` sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nginx ``` Step: Start / stop nginx using follow command ``` sudo service nginx start sudo service nginx stop ``` Step: Command to check if nginx is started ``` ifconfig eth0 | grep inet | awk '{ print $2}' ``` Step: Command to make sure nginx start after reboot ``` update-rc.d nginx defaults ``` Step: Create configuration for your Ghost site. Replace to the domain (or sub-domain) name you want to host your Ghost with. ``` sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/.conf ``` Step: Paste or write down following lines. Note change the "domain-name" with your domain name (including brackets). Also port 2525 in below code can be any port as per your wish. ``` server { listen 80; server_name www.; client_max_body_size 10M; location / { proxy_pass http://localhost:2368/; proxy_redirect off; proxy_set_header HOST $host; proxy_buffering off; } location ~^/ghost/(signup) { return 404; } } ``` Save this file (Ctrl + x > Y > Enter). Note: You can skip ``` location ~^/ghost/(signup) { return 404; } ``` in above code till you do not signup on your ghost blog. (This block of code will prevent anyone to signup or create account on your blog). Step: Create cache directory for webserver ``` sudo mkdir /var/cache/nginx sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/cache/nginx ``` Step: Create web root directory and directory for the ghost we need to install for your domain. ``` sudo mkdir /var/www sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www sudo mkdir /var/www/ sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/ ``` Step: Remove `default` file if found in any of the following directories: `/etc/nginx/conf.d/`, `/etc/nginx/sites-available/` or `/etc/nginx/sites-enabled`. #### Get Ghost Step: Prepare for "Go get ghost" step. ``` sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install -y zip wget ``` Step: Navigate to `/var/www//` directory and download ghost. Then we will unzip the ghost package and install ghost (this will install all packages that is require it to run). ``` cd /var/www// sudo wget http://ghost.org/zip/ghost-latest.zip sudo unzip -d ghost ghost-latest.zip sudo mv /var/www//ghost/* /var/www/ sudo npm install --production ``` Step: Edit ghost - config file to modify and add Ghost configurations. ``` sudo nano config.example.js ``` Step: Go to `### Production` section and modify it to make it look similar to this ``` production { url: 'http://, mail: { transport: 'SMTP', options: { service: 'Gmail', auth: { user: 'mail-sender-email', pass: 'mail-sender-password' } } }, database: { client: 'mysql', connection: { host: 'localhost', user: 'demouser01', password: '', database: '', charset: 'utf8' }, debug: false }, server: { host: '127.0.0.1', port: '2368' } }, ``` You can use other mail provider to setup mail sending configurations. Change the 2525 port in server section to the post you decided to use (ref: `/etc/nginx/conf.d/.conf`) Step: Check if Ghost is ready and runs as expected or not ``` sudo npm start --production ``` This will create a copy of `config.example.js` and create `config.js` which will be used by Ghost to run. If Ghost was configured correctly then you will see ghost home page at http:// with casper (default theme). Step: Navigate to `http://domain-name/ghost/signup` to create new user for writing ghost posts and access backend at `http://domain-name/ghost/` Step: Setup forever to run this ghost instance continuously ``` npm install forever -g ``` Step: You can start and stop this ghost instance using following command ``` NODE_ENV=production forever start index.js forever stop index.js forever list ``` Here remember to run those commands from the root folder where your ghosts files are residing. In this example case it is `/var/www//` Enjoy your Ghost !!