Ghost on SmartOS

Get a separate account set up for ghost to use

 echo ghost:x:5001:5001::/opt/ghost:/bin/false >> /etc/passwd
 echo ghost::5001: >> /etc/group

Exctract the zip file

 unzip ghost-0.3.3.zip -d /opt/ghost
 cd /opt/ghost
 npm install --production
 cp config.example.js config.js
 chown -R ghost:ghost .

Tweak config.js as appropriate

Create a manifest with manifold (Here's the one I created. Note the tweak to alter the NODE_ENV):

 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!DOCTYPE service_bundle SYSTEM "/usr/share/lib/xml/dtd/service_bundle.dtd.1">
 <!--
         Created by Manifold
 -->
 <service_bundle type="manifest" name="ghost">
   <service name="site/ghost" type="service" version="1">
     <create_default_instance enabled="false"/>
     <single_instance/>
     <dependency name="network" grouping="require_all" restart_on="error" type="service">
       <service_fmri value="svc:/milestone/network:default"/>
     </dependency>
     <dependency name="filesystem" grouping="require_all" restart_on="error" type="service">
       <service_fmri value="svc:/system/filesystem/local"/>
     </dependency>
     <method_context>
       <method_credential user="ghost" group="ghost"/>
     </method_context>
     <exec_method type="method" name="start" exec="/opt/local/bin/npm start" timeout_seconds="60">
       <method_context>
         <method_environment>
           <envvar name="NODE_ENV" value="production"/>
         </method_environment>
       </method_context>
     </exec_method>
     <exec_method type="method" name="stop" exec=":kill" timeout_seconds="60"/>
     <property_group name="startd" type="framework">
       <propval name="duration" type="astring" value="child"/>
       <propval name="ignore_error" type="astring" value="core,signal"/>
     </property_group>
     <property_group name="application" type="application">
       <propval name="config_file" type="astring" value="/opt/ghost/config.js"/>
     </property_group>
     <stability value="Evolving"/>
     <template>
       <common_name>
         <loctext xml:lang="C">
                     Ghost Blogging Software
                 </loctext>
       </common_name>
     </template>
   </service>
 </service_bundle>

Configure nginx to proxy your connections

 server {
     listen       80;
     server_name  blog.shalman.org;
     location / {
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_pass http://localhost:2368;
     }
 }

Bounce nginx, launch ghost!

 svccfg import /opt/ghost/ghost.xml
 svcadm restart nginx
 svcadm enable ghost