EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/www/ghost/config.production.json' when upgrading from

[0xvext]

Was running stably with Ghost 1.6.2, or so I thought.
Node Version: v6.11.2
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.1.1

Took a system snapshot, tried upgrading to 1.8.0 and failed with error below:

✔ Linking latest Ghost and recording versions
Running sudo command: -E -u ghost /usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/.bin/knex-migrator-migrate --init --mgpath /var/www/ghost/current
✖ Running database migrations
An error occurred.
Message: 'Command failed: /bin/sh -c sudo -E -u ghost /usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/.bin/knex-migrator-migrate --init --mgpath /var/www/ghost/current
[2017-08-31 03:15:55] ERROR

NAME: InternalServerError
MESSAGE: The server has encountered an error.

level:normal

InternalServerError: The server has encountered an error.
    at new KnexMigrateError (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/knex-migrator/lib/errors.js:7:26)
    at new KnexMigrator (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/knex-migrator/lib/index.js:28:15)
    at /usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/knex-migrator/bin/knex-migrator-migrate:20:28
    at tryCatcher (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/util.js:16:23)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:512:31)
    at Promise._settlePromise (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:693:18)
    at Promise._fulfill (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:638:18)
    at Promise._resolveCallback (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:432:57)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:524:17)
    at Promise._settlePromise (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:569:18)
    at Promise._settlePromise0 (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:614:10)
    at Promise._settlePromises (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/promise.js:689:18)
    at Async._drainQueue (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:133:16)
    at Async._drainQueues (/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/bluebird/js/release/async.js:143:10)

Error: Error parsing your configuration file: [/var/www/ghost/config.production.json]: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/www/ghost/config.production.json'
    at File.loadSync (/var/www/ghost/versions/1.8.0/node_modules/nconf/lib/nconf/stores/file.js:160:11)
    at Provider.add (/var/www/ghost/versions/1.8.0/node_modules/nconf/lib/nconf/provider.js:137:23)
    at Provider.file (/var/www/ghost/versions/1.8.0/node_modules/nconf/lib/nconf/provider.js:63:15)
    at Object.loadNconf (/var/www/ghost/versions/1.8.0/core/server/config/index.js:34:11)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/ghost/versions/1.8.0/core/server/config/index.js:78:27)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:497:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/var/www/ghost/versions/1.8.0/MigratorConfig.js:1:76)
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)


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Debug Information:
    Node Version: v6.11.2
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.1.1
    Environment: production
    Command: 'ghost update'

I've reviewed #378 and #281 but have been unable to resolve.

I think there may have been some instability on the system prior that I was unaware of, because I have restored my snapshot and the service will not run even back on 1.6.2. Service log shows a failure on access of the same json file.

I'm having trouble finding documentation to confirm who the owner of '/var/www/ghost/config.production.json should be, but I'm not sure if that is the root issue since I have tried running via sudo and I even tried chown of '/var/www/ghost/config.production.json to ghost:ghost just to see if it would correct the issue.

Apologies if I'm duplicating. Looked through active/closed and didn't find a resolution.

[aileen]

Hey @0xvext 👋

Sorry to hear that you're having trouble. As this is more likely to be an issue with Ghost-CLI, would you mind re-opening it there?

[ErisDS]

P.S. the docs live at docs.ghost.org - there's a Knowledge Base that details file structure and perms, and a troubleshooting guide that mentions this problem - where did you look / search that didn't help you find them?

[0xvext]

Looks like my google-fu was weak. I've got some additional homework to do. Thanks for the quick responses.

[0xvext]

Looks like it was a permissions issue. No idea how perms got modified on config.production.json, but they were set to rw-rw---- which was preventing access.

Thanks again for the help.

P.S. @ErisDS Great documentation setup. I was searching via Google since I am not used to projects having such effective internal search. The Ghost knowledge base has a really good one though.

[mike-code]

I have the same issue but permissions are correct.

Message: EACCES: permission denied, open '/var/www/ghost/config.production.json'
Exit code: EACCES


Debug Information:
    OS: Ubuntu, v16.04
    Node Version: v10.15.0
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.9.9
    Environment: production
    Command: 'ghost start'

Additional log info available in: /home/mike/.ghost/logs/ghost-cli-debug-2019-04-12T10_50_12_944Z.log

Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues.

You can always refer to https://docs.ghost.org/api/ghost-cli/ for troubleshooting.
[12:50:12][mike@ringo.do][/var/www/ghost]$ ll
total 16
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ghost ghost  563 Apr 11 11:48 config.production.json

[kevinansfield]

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