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Install Ghost CMS on Debian 10

Create user for Ghost​

adduser [GHOSTUSER]
usermod -aG sudo [GHOSTUSER]

Requirements​

Nginx​

Install nginx:

apt install nginx -y

MariaDB​

Install MariaDB

apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y

Initialize MariaDB:

mysql_secure_installation

Create database for Ghost:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE USER [GHOSTUSER]@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "Str0ngP4ss";
CREATE DATABASE  [GHOSTDB]; 
GRANT ALL ON [GHOSTDB].* TO [GHOSTUSER]@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT;

NodeJS 12.x​

Install NodeJS 12.x:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash
apt install nodejs -y

Create directory​

mkdir -p /var/www/ghost
chown [GHOSTUSER]:[GHOSTUSER] /var/www/ghost
chmod 775 /var/www/ghost

Ghost CLI​

npm install ghost-cli@latest -g

Ghost​

Change user to [GHOSTUSER]:

su - [GHOSTUSER]

Install our Ghost:

cd /var/www/ghost
ghost install