Laravel Deployer
Laravel deployer for shared and free hosting! SSH and Composer are not required! Laravel 5.8, 6.x, 7.x and 8.x
How to deploy DownloadHOW TO DEPLOY?
Necessary preparations
Before making a deployment, you must make the necessary preparations.
In the example below, we will use Laravel Deployer for Laravel 7.x but the steps to follow are the same for Laravel 5.8 and 6.x.
Suppose that the application folder is called "Laravel7" and the application name "MyApp".
1- Checking server requirements
Open the www.your-domain.com/laravel-deployer/ link in your browser, you should have like this:
STEP 1
Server requirements
- PHP version : 7.2.31Sufficient
- Apache mod rewriteEnabled
- BCMath PHP ExtensionEnabled
- Ctype PHP ExtensionEnabled
- Fileinfo PHP ExtensionEnabled
- JSON PHP ExtensionEnabled
- Mbstring PHP ExtensionEnabled
- OpenSSL PHP ExtensionEnabled
- PDO PHP ExtensionEnabled
- Tokenizer PHP ExtensionEnabled
- XML PHP ExtensionEnabled
- Mysql database host
- Mysql database port
- Database name
- Database username
- Database password
- Smtp host
- Smtp port
- Smtp username
- Smtp password
- Email encryption (ssl or tls)
If you see an error message, do the necessary by configuring your server. If all goes well, click on "Next step"
2- Creation of the .env file
STEP 2
Environment configuration file form [.env]
- Do not use "#" and "/*" in all fields. This can cause errors
- All fields are required
- You can add other keys and values to the [.env] file after deployment
Fill out the form and click on "Create [.env] file". You should have this:
STEP 2
Environment configuration file [.env]
Click on "Next step : Preparation of various files".
3- Preparing various files
STEP 3
Preparing various files
Click on "Next step : Clear caches".
4- Removing caches, migrate tables and seed database
FINAL STEPS
Removing caches
Click on "Next step : Migrate tables". You should have this:
FINAL STEPS
Migrate tables
Click on "Next step : Seed database".
FINAL STEPS
Seed database
Create a symbolic link
It is recommended that you create a symbolic link for accessing files in your application's "storage" folder. If you want to create a symbolic link, click on "Yes ! Create a symlink". Otherwise, click "Do not create a symlink. Go to the next step", you will skip a step.
6- Create symlink (If you clicked on "Yes! Create a symlink")
If you need information, read the Laravel 7.x documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/filesystem#the-public-disk
FINAL STEPS
Create symlink
Click on "Next step : Delete deployment files", this will delete the Laravel Deployer files in your application.
7- Configuration of the [.htaccess] file
FINAL STEPS
Configuration of the [.htaccess] file
Choose "yes" or "no" depending on your server configuration. Click on "Submit". Deployment is complete.
FINAL STEPS
End of deployment
Delete the "laravel-deployer" folder from your server.
Want to see examples of deployment done with Laravel Deployer? See here.
