How to Install Ghost on Mac OS X

If you use Homebrew as your package manager on Mac OS X you can checkout our How to Install Ghost on a Mac w/ Homebrew article.

Download and Install Node

Go to node.js and download the Mac OS X Installer (.pkg).

Install the node.js package that was downloaded.

Node was installed at /usr/local/bin/node and npm was installed at /usr/local/bin/npm.

Download and Install Ghost

Go to the Ghost page and download the latest ghost

Unzip and place your Ghost in a folder (I put it in /Ghost/)

Do the following commands:

cd /Ghost/
sudo npm install --production
cp config.example.js config.js
sudo vi config.js

In the "Production" section, change the following:

host: '127.0.0.1',
port: '2368'   

to

host: '0.0.0.0',
port: '80'

Start Ghost

sudo npm start --production

Keeping Ghost Alive on Mac OS X

In Mac OS X you can use the launchd service to start Ghost and restart it if it crashes. You can find instructions for setting up a launchd in our article Mac OS X launchd To Keep Ghost Alive.