Deploying a Laravel application on AWS (Amazon Web Services) is a great way to take advantage of the scalability and reliability of the cloud. In this article, we will provide step-by-step instructions on how to deploy a Laravel application on AWS. We will assume that you already have an AWS account and being Laravel programmers, you have basic knowledge of Laravel and AWS services.
Step 1: Prepare your Laravel application
Before we can deploy our Laravel application on AWS, we need to prepare it for deployment. This includes optimizing the application’s performance, configuring the database, and making sure all dependencies are installed. Once you have done this, you can move on to the next step.
Step 2: Create an EC2 instance
The first step in deploying a Laravel application on AWS is to create an EC2 instance. An EC2 instance is a virtual machine that can run your application. To create an EC2 instance, follow these steps:
- Login to your AWS account
- Go to the EC2 dashboard
- Click on the “Launch Instance” button
- Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that matches your server requirements. For Laravel, we recommend using an Ubuntu Server.
- Choose an instance type. For development purposes, a t2.micro instance should be enough.
- Configure the instance details (VPC, subnet, security group, etc.)
- Review and launch the instance.
Step 3: Connect to your EC2 instance
After launching your EC2 instance, you need to connect to it. You can do this using an SSH client like PuTTY (Windows) or the Terminal (Mac/Linux). To connect to your EC2 instance, follow these steps:
- Find the public IP address of your instance in the EC2 dashboard.
- Open your SSH client.
- Use the public IP address to connect to your instance using the username “ubuntu”. For example: ssh ubuntu@<public-ip-address>
Step 4: Install the necessary software
Once you are connected to your EC2 instance, you need to install the necessary software to run your Laravel application. This includes PHP, MySQL, and Apache. To install these software, follow these steps:
- Update the package list: sudo apt-get update
- Install Apache: sudo apt-get install apache2
- Install PHP and its dependencies: sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
- Install MySQL: sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Step 5: Configure Apache for Laravel
- Create a new virtual host configuration file for your Laravel application:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/laravel.conf
- Add the following configuration to the file, replacing “yourdomain.com” with your domain name and “/path/to/laravel/public” with the path to your Laravel application’s public directory:
<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName yourdomain.com DocumentRoot /path/to/laravel/public <Directory /path/to/laravel/public> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/laravel-error.log CustomLog /var/log/httpd/laravel-access.log combined </VirtualHost>
- Save the file and exit the editor.
- Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Step 6: Deploy your Laravel application
- Copy your Laravel application files to the appropriate directory on your server. You can use SCP or SFTP to transfer files from your local machine to your server.
- Navigate to your application’s directory and run the following commands to install dependencies and generate a new application key:
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composer install –no-dev php artisan key:generate
- Configure your database connection in the .env file.
- Run the database migrations:
php artisan migrate
- If you are using a queue worker, start the worker:
php artisan queue:work
That’s it! Your Laravel application should now be deployed and running on your AWS EC2 instance. You can access it by visiting your domain name in a web browser. If you are looking to hire the best remote developers, there are a number of platforms that you can choose.
