This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Ghost on nixOS Latest.
Before installing Ghost, you need to install Node.js and NPM. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nodejs
This will install Node.js and NPM.
Visit https://ghost.org/ and download the latest version of Ghost.
Create a new directory for Ghost and navigate to that directory:
mkdir ghost
cd ghost
Extract the contents of the downloaded Ghost zip file:
unzip /path/to/ghost-latest.zip -d ./
Install Ghost using NPM:
npm install --production
Create a new config file for Ghost:
nano config.production.json
Add the following configuration to the file:
{
"url": "http://example.com",
"server": {
"port": 2368,
"host": "0.0.0.0"
},
"database": {
"client": "mysql",
"connection": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"user": "your_database_user",
"password": "your_database_password",
"database": "ghost_production",
"charset": "utf8"
}
},
"paths": {
"contentPath": "./content/"
}
}
Replace "http://example.com" with your domain name or IP address. Replace "your_database_user" and "your_database_password" with your MySQL database username and password.
Start Ghost using the following command:
npm start --production
Now, you can access your Ghost website at http://example.com:2368, where "example.com" is your domain name or IP address.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ghost on nixOS Latest.
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