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Ghost start and stop Ubuntu service command

Posted April 8, 2014 3.4k views
At /var/www/ghost directory ... These do not work: sudo service ghost stop sudo service ghost start These work: pkill node nohup npm start --production & npm start --production Is additional config required for the first commands to be recognized? Thanks!
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hung.raymond April 8, 2014
As far as I know, ghost isn't a service. You use node to run ghost so you would start/restart node. If you want to be able to use sudo service ghost start, etc., you'll need to create a custom service.
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mojave April 8, 2014
Ah got it. I was basing it on this post.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-configure-and-maintain-ghost-from-the-command-line
How To Configure and Maintain Ghost from the Command Line
by Justin Ellingwood
Ghost is an exciting new blogging platform. Although most tasks can be completed through the web interface, there are still some operations that must be completed from the server's command line. In this article, we will discuss how to upgrade, backup, configure email, and test configuration changes with Ghost from the command line.
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