Ghost + NGINX: How to fix ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error
Learn how to fix ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error in your Ghost + NGINX config
If you had setup a custom NGINX server for your Ghost blog and you are getting the ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED error keep reading to learn more about how to fix it and why happens
Cause 🤓
Usually this is caused due install Ghost in production mode but without NGINX, so you can not access Ghost directly
How to fix it ✅
In your Ghost folder, edit the config.production.json
file and locate the search
block:
...
"server": {
"port": 2368,
"host": "127.0.0.1"
},
...
Replace 127.0.0.1
for 0.0.0.0
in order to enable Ghost for listening externally
Then save the file, restart Ghost and try again. It's done! 🎉
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