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How do I deploy laravel to DigitalOcean?

Last updated on December 17, 2022 @ 1:38 pm

Laravel is a popular open source PHP web development framework that enables you to create web applications quickly.

Deploying Laravel applications to DigitalOcean is easy and can be done in a few simple steps:

1. First, create a new DigitalOcean account and then create a Droplet.

2. Download the Laravel installer and upload it to your Droplet.

3. Next, install the Laravel dependencies using the following command:

composer require laravel/laravel

4. Next, create a database and add the database credentials to the environment variables.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=localhost DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=laravel_database

5. Next, set up the Laravel application. In the application folder, create a file named config.php and add the following lines of code:

‘provider’ => ‘Illuminate\Database\Manager\DatabaseProvider’, ‘use’ => ‘Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model’, ‘connection’ => DB_CONNECTION,

6. Next, open the firewall for the Droplet and allow the port 3306 to access the Internet.

7. Next, copy the Laravel application configuration from theconfig.php file to the application’s config folder.

PRO TIP: Warning: Please be careful when following tutorials on how to deploy Laravel to DigitalOcean. Make sure you understand what each step is doing and why it is necessary. Many tutorials out there are outdated or simply incorrect, and following them could break your website.

8. Next, launch the Laravel application on the Droplet.

To deploy a new Laravel application to DigitalOcean, follow these simple steps:

1. First, create a new DigitalOcean account and then create a Droplet.

3. Install the Laravel dependencies using the following command:

4. Set up the Laravel application.

In the application folder, create a file named config.php and add the following lines of code:.

5. Open the firewall for the Droplet and allow the port 3306 to access the Internet.

6. Copy the Laravel application configuration from theconfig.

php file to the application’s config folder.

7. Launch the Laravel application on the Droplet.

Madison Geldart

Madison Geldart

Cloud infrastructure engineer and tech mess solver.