In this post we will learn , how to create upstart event system for ghost blog on Ubuntu . In our previous post, we have written how to install and run the ghost blog on Ubuntu . By using upstart event system, we can start,stop and restart the ghost with service command. Whereas on system reboot the ghost process will also run.

In our previous post, we have installed the ghost on /opt/ghost directory. Hence, in upstart script replace the /opt/ghost with your ghost directory.

Note: In below given script replace /opt/ghost with absolute path of your ghost directory.

Create upstart event system for ghost blog

Create file called ghost.conf inside /etc/init/ directory

vi /etc/init/ghost.conf

Paste given below content in /etc/init/ghost.conf file. Then save and exit.

# ghost blogging platform

# Description: "An Upstart task for ghost server"
# Creation Date : 07-May-2015
# author "Sharad Kumar Chhetri"

start on startup

script
    cd /opt/ghost
    npm start --production
end script

Manage ghost with service command

To start ghost blog

service ghost start

To stop ghost blog

service ghost stop

To restart ghost blog

service ghost restart

To check statu ghost blog

service ghost status

Note: Because of ghost upstart event system, whenever system is rebooted the ghost will run automatically