Install Ghost Blog on CentOS

Install nodejs(Required)

• download nodejs v0.10.40, see ghost supported node version
• add nodejs to PATH

tar zxvf node-v0.10.40-linux-x86.tar.gz
ln -s /{node_install_path}/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
ln -s /{node_install_path}/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm

• check version, node -v & npm -v

Install ghost(Required)

• download ghost-latest.zip
• unzip -uo ghost-latest.zip -d ghost
• execute cmd npm install --production in ghost folder.
• modify config.js, remove the unused options

var path = require('path'), config;
config = {
    production: {
        url: 'http://www.mydomain.com',
        mail: {},
        database: {
            client: 'sqlite3',
            connection: {
                filename: path.join(__dirname, '/content/data/ghost.db')
            },
            debug: false
        },
        server: {
            host: '127.0.0.1',
            port: '2368'
        }
    }
};

module.exports = config;

Run ghost

• execute cmd npm start --production in ghost folder
• now, you can access http://127.0.0.1:2368 & http://127.0.0.1:2368/ghost

Nginx & Domain(Optional)

• install nginx : yum install nginx
• modify /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf, don't forget backup the file :)

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  www.mydomain.com;

    charset utf-8;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/log/host.access.log  main;

    location / {
        proxy_set_header   X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   Host      $http_host;
        proxy_pass         http://127.0.0.1:2368;
        proxy_set_header   REMOTE-HOST $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

• restart nginx service nginx restart
• don't forget to setup the domain on DNS provider.

Forever(Recommend)

• execute cmd npm install forever -g
• create shell script ghost.sh

NODE_ENV=production forever start index.js

• create shell script ghost-stop.sh

forever stop index.js

Usage

• sh ghost.sh for startup
• sh ghost-stop.sh for shutdown

Enjoy it :)