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How to Point Domain and Host Laravel Project on Apache Web Server VPS Hosting

Note - If you get Permission Denied Please use sudo
  • Login to Your Domain Provider Website
  • Navigate to Manage DNS
  • Add Following Records:
Type Host/Name Value
A @ Your Remote Server IP
A www Your Remote Server IP
AAAA @ Your Remote Server IPv6
AAAA www Your Remote Server IPv6
  • Important: If your project have user uploaded files and you have create symbolic link then Delete the storage folder which is inside your-project-folder/public/ Because It will not work on Live Server. You will have to create symbolic link again on live server.
  • On Local Windows Machine Make Your Project Folder a Zip File using any of the software e.g. winzip
  • Open Command Prompt
  • Copy Zip File from Local Windows Machine to Linux Remote Server
Syntax:- scp -P Port_number Source_File_Path Destination_Path
Example:- scp -P 22 osmsProject.zip [email protected]:/var/www

  • Copied Successfully

  • To Access Remote Server via SSH

Syntax:- ssh -p PORT USERNAME@HOSTIP
Example:- ssh -p 22 [email protected]

Note:- Run Below Commands on Your Remote Server Linux Machine or VPS, Not on Your Local Windows Machine

  • Go to the Destination Path Where you copied the zip file
Syntax:- cd Destination_Path
Example:- cd /var/www
  • Run ls command to verify that the zip file is present
ls
  • Unzip the Copied Zip File
Syntax:- unzip zip_file_name
Example:- unzip osmsProject.zip
  • Verify that all required softwares are installed
apache2 -v
mysql
php -v
composer -v
  • Verify Apache2 is Active and Running
service apache2 status
  • Verify Web Server Ports are Open and Allowed through Firewall
ufw status verbose
  • Create Virtual Host File
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.conf
  • Add Following Code in Virtual Host File
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName www.example.com
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    DocumentRoot /var/www/project_folder_name/public
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
    <Directory /var/www/project_folder_nam/public/>
        Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
  • Enable Virtual Host
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
a2ensite your_domain.conf
  • Enable the Apache mod_rewrite module
a2enmod rewrite
  • Restart Apache2
service apache2 restart

Go to Your Project Directory then follow below instructions:

Note - If you get Permission Denied Please use sudo
  • Generate Application Key
php artisan key:generate
  • Install Dependencies
composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
  • Set Permission for storage and bootstrap/cache Folder
  • Make Webserver as owner for storage and bootstrap/cache. Our Webserver is running as www-data and group is also www-data.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data bootstrap/cache
  • You may face problem if you work with FTP so to fix this add your user to webserver user group following below instruction:
  • Check Your User Group
sudo groups raj
  • Add your User to webserver group
sudo usermod -a -G www-data raj
  • Verify Your User is in Webserver Group
sudo groups raj
  • Set storage's File Permission to 644
sudo find storage -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
  • Set storage's Folder Permission to 755
sudo find storage -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
  • Done
  • Open Mysql
  • Create Database User (Optional)
  • Create Database
  • Open .env File
sudo nano .env
  • Make below changes, Important: Write DB User, DB User Password and DB Name in .env File, You may have to write DB User and DB Password enclosed with single quote
APP_NAME=Laravel
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=you_can_generate_it_php_artisan_key:generate
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_URL=http://your-domain.com/

LOG_CHANNEL=stack
LOG_LEVEL=debug

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=database_name
DB_USERNAME='db_user_name'
DB_PASSWORD='db_user_password'
  • Create Database Tables
php artisan migrate
  • Create Symbolic Link at public/storage which points to the storage/app/public directory.
php artisan storage:link
  • Clearing cache - You may need to run with sudo
php artisan cache:clear
php artisan config:clear
  • Cache routes, config and views (Optional)
php artisan route:cache
php artisan config:cache
php artisan view:cache
  • If you ever need to work on your project you can switch ON/OFF Maintenance mode
php artisan down
php artisan up