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Installing Node.js on CentOS 5.x & 6.x 64-bit and running Ghost

First off, this this "how-to" is intended to guide you through installing node.js on CentOS using a simple script, and then correctly configuring your server to run Ghost alongside your other sites in Plesk v11.5.3. You will need root access and the ability to connect to your server via SSH. 1. Connect to your server via SSH as the root user. 2. Go to https://github.com/barajasfab/installframework, right-click the button for "download zip". 3. Head back over to your terminal and type in: > wget -O master.zip https://github.com/barajasfab/installframework/archive/master.zip 4. Time to unzip the contents, make the contents executable, then run the installer. > unzip master.zip > cd installframework-master/ > chmod 700 installframework.sh > ./installframework.sh At this point you can run through the prompt on the script and install node.js. But remember, at this point the script was intended to be ran on a bare bones CentOS ...