Question
How to setup Ghost with DigitalOcean
- Posted on February 17, 2022
- GhostInitial Server Setup
Asked by HappyAquamarineShark
I have followed the steps to connect via ssh to the droplet (ssh root@178.128.38.161). I access the droplet and the installation of ghost starts but I get an error in the SSL certificate and it does not launch ghost. Then, when I try to use the “ghost status” command I get the following error:
You can’t run commands as the ‘root’ user. Switch to your regular user, or create a new user with regular account privileges and use this user to run ‘ghost ls’. For more information, see https://ghost.org/docs/install/ubuntu/#create-a-new-user.
I use the command “sudo -i -u ghost-mgr” to access ghost-cli and use the command “service ghost restart”. I am prompted for the root password but I get a configuration error when I enter the password set on droplet creation.
How can I launch the ghost service correctly and fix the root problems?
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Hi there,
What I could is before proceeding with the SSL setup itself, you would need to add an A record for your domain name to point to the Droplet’s IP address:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/dns/how-to/manage-records/
Once you’ve added the A record, you could then SSH and follow the steps you’ve described.
This is required as Let’s Encrypt validates your domain name by checking if it is actually pointing to the server that you are trying to issue the certificate on.
Let me know how it goes!
Best,
Bobby