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Deploy a Laravel App on Ubuntu with Nginx + SSL

End-to-end guide: clone, configure Nginx, set up Let's Encrypt SSL, and run migrations for a production Laravel application.

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Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu server
  • Domain name with DNS pointing to server
  • Laravel project repository

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Step 1 Command

Update system & install dependencies

apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt install -y nginx php8.3-fpm php8.3-mbstring php8.3-xml php8.3-bcmath php8.3-curl php8.3-zip unzip git
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Step 2 Command

Clone the Laravel project

git clone {{repo_url}} /var/www/html/app
cd /var/www/html/app
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate
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Step 3 Command

Set storage permissions

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/app/storage /var/www/html/app/bootstrap/cache
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/app/storage /var/www/html/app/bootstrap/cache
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Step 4 Command

Create Nginx virtual host

# Copy the nginx-create-vhost snippet, save to /etc/nginx/sites-available/app.example.com
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/app.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
nginx -t && systemctl reload nginx
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Step 5 Command

Issue SSL certificate with Certbot

apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y
certbot --nginx -d app.example.com
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Step 6 Command

Run migrations & cache config

cd /var/www/html/app
php artisan migrate --force
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache