Following the guidance of the config docs provided online by Ghost, and having established a Mailgun account, I opened config.production.json using nano via the console provided by DigitalOcean, added the necessary settings to establish SMTP, saved the update by hitting ^X and then enter. I ran GHOST RESTART, and all seemed well, but when I go to the URL, now there is a 502. Any advice is welcome.
The updated JSON is below with the password removed. Thank you.
{
“url”: “https://helenafitzgerald.com”,
“server”: {
"port": 2369,
"host": "127.0.0.1"
},
“database”: {
"client": "mysql",
"connection": {
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"user": "ghost-991",
"password": ".2I[UTS9dIw[Du82NmeP",
"port": 3306,
"database": "ghost_production"
}
},
“mail”: {
"transport": "SMTP"
"options": {
"service": "Mailgun",
"auth": {
"user": "postmaster@mail.helenafitzgerald.com",
"pass": "[removed for posting]"
}
}
},
“logging”: {
"transports": [
"file",
"stdout"
]
},
“process”: “systemd”,
“paths”: {
"contentPath": "/var/www/ghost/content"
}
}
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