Deploying Laravel Applications

This tutorial covers different methods to deploy Laravel applications to production environments.

1. Shared Hosting Deployment

1. Upload files via FTP/SFTP
2. Set proper permissions:

   chmod -R 755 storage
   chmod -R 755 bootstrap/cache

3. Configure .env file with production settings
4. Run migrations:

   php artisan migrate --force

2. VPS Deployment with Forge

1. Create new server in Laravel Forge
2. Configure environment variables
3. Set up deployment script:

   cd /home/forge/your-site.com
   git pull origin main
   composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader
   npm ci && npm run production
   php artisan migrate --force

4. Enable automatic deployments

3. Docker Deployment

1. Create docker-compose.prod.yml:

   version: '3'
   services:
     app:
       build:
         context: .
         dockerfile: Dockerfile
       ports:
         - "8000:8000"
     db:
       image: mysql:5.7
       environment:
         MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD}

2. Build and run:

   docker-compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d --build

4. Serverless with Laravel Vapor

1. Install Vapor CLI:

   composer require laravel/vapor-core

2. Configure AWS credentials
3. Deploy:

   vapor deploy production

Choose the method that best fits your project requirements!