How to update Ghost packaged by Bitnami

How to update Ghost packaged by Bitnami

If you are running a Bitnami Ghost and get an error when trying to update Ghost, here you will how to update your Ghost packaged by Bitnami.

💡 Before you continue, please check you have a backup and know how to restore it.

How to update Bitnami Ghost 👻

  • Login into your server via ssh
  • Update ghost-cli, running:
cd /opt/bitnami/ghost
sudo npm install -g ghost-cli
  • Then update Ghost:
sudo su ghost -c "ghost update"

Congrats, it is done! 👏

You will see some messages about the process: some checks about your current Ghost version, disk space, release notes, download, installation, etc.

Why? 📚

In the next link, you can find the official documentation about how to update Ghost packaged by Bitnami. But it does not work for Ghost 4

Upgrade Ghost

But it does not work for Ghost 4 at least. And it is a bit confusing to follow the official documentation step by step and then do not be able to update it.

Probably you already tested it, then searched for a solution and you found this post.

Well, hope it helps. Feel free to share this post in order to help more people or show your gratitude 🙂

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