How to install Ghost on FreeBSD Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Ghost on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you will need to have the following prerequisites:

• A FreeBSD Latest system
• A non-root user with sudo privileges
• Node.js and npm installed

Step 1: Install Ghost-CLI

Ghost-CLI is a command-line tool that simplifies the installation and management of Ghost on a server. To install Ghost-CLI, run the following command:

sudo npm install -g ghost-cli@latest

Step 2: Create a new directory for Ghost

Create a new directory for Ghost, for example /var/www/ghost. This directory will be used to store the Ghost files.

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/ghost

Step 3: Set the ownership and permissions for the directory

Set the ownership and permissions for the directory to your user:

sudo chown -R your_username:your_username /var/www/ghost
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/ghost

Step 4: Navigate to the directory and install Ghost

Navigate to the directory that you created in Step 2 using the cd command, and use Ghost-CLI to install Ghost:

cd /var/www/ghost
sudo ghost install

You will be prompted to answer a few questions, such as the URL of your site, the database, and the email configuration.

Step 5: Start Ghost

After Ghost is installed, start Ghost by running the following command:

sudo ghost start

Ghost will now be running on your server.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ghost on FreeBSD Latest. You can now navigate to your site in a web browser to verify that it is working.

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