How to deploy Laravel application with Nginx on Ubuntu

Deploying a Laravel application with Nginx involves setting up the web server to correctly handle the incoming requests and serve your application. Here’s a step-by-step guide to deploying a Laravel application with Nginx:

1- Server setup:

Assuming you have a server with Ubuntu installed, you can start by updating your system:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

2- Install required software:

Install PHP, Composer, Nginx, and other necessary packages:

sudo apt installcomposer nginx php-fpm php-mysqlphp-json php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-gd php-curl

3- Confire Nginx:

Create an Nginx server block configuration for your Laravel application. Create a new file in the /etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory (you might need to adjust paths and filenames according to your server setup):

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

• Paste the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com www.example.com;
    root /var/www/html/your-laravel-project/public;

    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";

    index index.html index.htm index.php;

    charset utf-8;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    error_page 404 /index.php;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
        deny all;
    }
}

• Enable the site configuration:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/laravel /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

• Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

• Restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

4- Deploy Laravel Application:

• Upload your Laravel application code to the server. You can use SCP, SFTP, or any other method you prefer.

• Set appropriate permissions for the Laravel storage and bootstrap cache directories:
  

cd /var/www/your_laravel_app
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache

5- Configure Laravel Environment:

• Copy the .env file and configure it with your production settings:

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

• Generate an application key:

php artisan key:generate

6- Set Up Database:

• If your application uses a database, create the database and update your .envfile with the database credentials.

7- Run Migrations:

Run your application’s migrations to set up the database tables:

• Run your application’s migrations to set up the database tables:

php artisan migrate

8- Restart PHP-FPM:

• Restart the PHP-FPM service: (Adjust version if necessary)

sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm