A simple script for automatically updating a Ghost blog on an external server.

include-from-production.txt

core
index.js
package.json
npm-shrinkwrap.json

UpdateGhost.sh

#!/bin/bash

START=$(date +%s)

STAGEDIR=/Path/ghost-new/

# We will send them to this host
HOST=123.456.789
 
USERNAME=username

# This directory on the host
HOSTDIR=/home/your-blog

COMMANDS_BEFORE="forever stop index.js; rm -rf core; rm -rf node_modules; rm index.js; rm *.md; rm *.json; exit"

COMMANDS_AFTER="npm cache clean; npm install --production; NODE_ENV=production forever start index.js; exit"

ssh -l ${USERNAME} ${HOST} "${COMMANDS_BEFORE}"

rsync -r -a -v -u -e "ssh -l ${USERNAME}" ${STAGEDIR} ${HOST}:${HOSTDIR} --include-from 'include-from-production.txt' --omit-dir-times

ssh -l ${USERNAME} ${HOST} "${COMMANDS_AFTER}"