This is the installation of Laravel 5.4 on an Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS. Laravel requires that you run Apache, MySQL and PHP. In this installation, I’m using the following versions: Apache 2.4.18, MySQL 5.7.17 and PHP 7.0.15. The installation of Laravel has changed over the years. I wished the installation was simpler. You can try Forge, but it’s not free. It also requires that you have an account at Linode, Digital Ocean or AWS. Forge costs $15 per month and Forge Plus is $30 per month. If you don’t want to pay, I’m afraid you are going to have to install Laravel yourself. Laravel installation may vary based on the distro you’re using. These instructions are for the Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS.
Run Update
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade |
Install Apache
sudo apt-get install apache2 sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo service apache2 restart |
Install MySQL
sudo apt-get install mysql-server sudo mysql_secure_installation |
Install PHP
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mbstring php-zip php-xml php-mysql |
Install Composer
sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php — —install-dir=/usr/local/bin —filename=composer # you may have to move composer manually if it doesn't work sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer # check if composer is accessible globally composer -V |
Install Laravel Installer
composer global require "laravel/installer" # Using alias instead of $PATH echo 'alias laravel="~/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel"' >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc # add source ~/.bashrc to .profile to load automatically echo 'source ~/.bashrc' >> ~/.profile # restart apache sudo service apache2 restart # check if laravel is accessible globally laravel |
Install New Laravel Project
# set permissions cd /var/www/ sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /var/www/html sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html # install new project cd /var/www/html laravel new project # give apache permissions sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/project/storage sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/project/bootstrap/cache |
Configure Apache
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available sudo cp 000-default.conf project.conf sudo nano project.conf # <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName local.project.com ServerAdmin admin@project.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/project/public <Directory "/var/www/html/project"> AllowOverride All </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost> # sudo a2ensite project.conf sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf sudo service apache2 restart |
Finally, you can now access Laravel from the browser from the server IP address or domain.