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Scripts to install your own Ghost blog on Ubuntu, Debian or CentOS, with Nginx (as a reverse proxy) and ModSecurity or Naxsi web application firewall for optimal performance and security.

Powered by Node.js, Ghost blog is a simple and modern WordPress alternative which puts the excitement back into blogging. It's beautifully designed, easy to use, completely open source, and free for everyone.

New: Install multiple blogs on the same server! Simply re-run the script with a new full domain name.

» Related tutorial: Ghost Blog Auto Setup with Nginx and ModSecurity (or Naxsi)

A dedicated server or virtual private server (VPS), freshly installed with:

• Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) or 14.04 (Trusty)
• Debian 9 (Stretch) or 8 (Jessie)
• CentOS 7 or 6

Note: A minimum of 512 MB RAM is required.

⚠️ DO NOT run these scripts on your PC or Mac! They should only be used on a server!

First, update your system with apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade (Ubuntu/Debian) or yum update (CentOS) and reboot. This is optional, but recommended.

wget https://git.io/ghost-nginx-modsecurity -O ghost-setup.sh
sudo bash ghost-setup.sh BLOG_FULL_DOMAIN_NAME

wget https://git.io/ghost-nginx-naxsi -O ghost-setup.sh
sudo bash ghost-setup.sh BLOG_FULL_DOMAIN_NAME

Note: Replace the above with your blog's full domain name. The latest 0.11.x (LTS) version of Ghost blog will be installed.

Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Lin Song
Based on the work of Herman Stevens (Copyright 2013)

Special thanks to Remy van Elst and Phil Bayfield for their helpful suggestions.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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