Node.js/Ghost as a OS X webapp

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Running Node.js + Ghost as a webapp on OS X Mavericks with Server 3.2

It's a real pain in the arse to set these things up.

ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<!-- /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/webapps/ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost.plist -->
<!-- See man pages for webapp.plist(8) and webappctl(8) for information about this example webapp.plist -->
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict> 
    <key>name</key>
    <string>ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost</string>
    <key>displayName</key>
    <string>Ghost Blog engine for jwc.sheepspace.ca</string>
    <key>includeFiles</key>
    <array>
      <string>/Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/httpd_ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost.conf</string>
    </array>
    <key>sslPolicy</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
  </dict>
</plist>

ca.sheepspace.jwc.node.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<!-- /Library/LaunchDaemons/ca.sheepspace.jwc.node.plist -->
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>ca.sheepspace.jwc.node</string>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <false/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>UserName</key>
    <string>jwc</string>
    <key>WorkingDirectory</key>
    <string>/Users/jwc/Sites/ghost-test/</string>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
      <key>PATH</key>
      <string>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>
    </dict>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/usr/local/bin/npm</string>
      <string>start</string>
      <string>/Users/jwc/Sites/ghost-test/</string>
    </array>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Users/jwc/Sites/jwc.sheepspace.ca.log</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/Users/jwc/Sites/jwc.sheepspace.ca.err.log</string>
  </dict>
</plist>

httpd_ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost.conf

# /Library/Server/Web/Config/apache2/httpd_ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost.conf
ProxyPass / balancer://balancer-group-webapp-ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost--/ 
ProxyPassReverse / balancer://balancer-group-webapp-ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost--/
BalancerMember balancer://balancer-group-webapp-ca.sheepspace.jwc.ghost--/ http://localhost:2368