PHP 11 - Laravel Blog (Deployment)

By Sheldon L

Published at 2020-09-11

Updated at 2020-09-11

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Deploy With Forge / Ploi

Getting Started with Forge / Ploi

• Use Laravel Forge to Automate Web-Server Creation on a Linode

• Setup VPS API Key and integrate Github.

• Save the password when provisioning. When server is created, you can edit server details in dashboard, and add new site according your language and framework.

• Add ssh key to server, then push project to github, then from github to the server.

• You can visit the site with IP address (Forge) or create test link (Ploi).

• Install SSL (Need set up DNS register, DNS server, and enable SSL in advance), and you can visit your custom domain.

• You can create multi site on the same server.

Database

With Forge, No Need to Set mysqld, Only Need to Connect

ssh forge@45.79.68.154

• mysql basic usage

mysql -uforge -p # password is in the evironment setting in site details

> use databaseName;
> select database();
> show tables;

• Run migrate

cd siteLocation
php artisan migrate

• You can also connect mysql from local with Sequel Pro by SSH

Remote Connect

• If use Froge, you can use SequalPro derectly

• If use Ploi, install phpMyadmin in the ploi manage dashboard

• If use command line remotely, read more in https://sheldonldev.github.io/2020/10/22/00.html

Add Admin Account

• Add an admin for the blog database

php artisan tinker

$admin = new App\Admin
$admin->name = 'Admin'
$admin->email = '***@***'
$admin->password = Hash::make('******')
$admin->save()
exit

Storage Link

php artisan storage:link

.env

• .env

LOCALE = "cn"

APPNAME = "Land View"

• composer install

• npm install && npm run prod

SSL for Customed Domain

• Stop CDN proxy

• Click SSL in site panel, use LetsEncrypt.

• Now can visit the domain and restart CDN proxy.