{"id":3925,"date":"2023-11-04T23:13:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T23:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/how-to-deploy-a-laravel-application-to-aws\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T05:48:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T05:48:28","slug":"how-to-deploy-a-laravel-application-to-aws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10003\/how-to-deploy-a-laravel-application-to-aws\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deploy a Laravel Application to AWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
Laravel<\/a> is a popular PHP framework for building web applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of deploying a Laravel application to AWS (Amazon Web Services). Deploying your application to AWS offers scalability, reliability, and security benefits.<\/p>\n Before diving into the deployment process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:<\/p>\n Let’s get started!<\/p>\n First, we need to set up the necessary AWS resources for our Laravel application.<\/p>\n An EC2 instance will host our Laravel application. Follow these steps to create an EC2 instance:<\/p>\n Click on the “Launch Instance” button and choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). We recommend using the latest version of Amazon Linux or Ubuntu.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Select an instance type based on your application’s requirements. A t2.micro instance is a good starting point for small applications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Configure instance details. Ensure that the instance is launched within a public subnet and has a public IP assigned.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Add storage as required. The default settings should be sufficient for most applications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Configure security groups. Open port 22 (SSH) and any other ports your Laravel application requires (e.g., port 80 for HTTP or port 443 for HTTPS).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Review the instance details and launch the instance. Choose an existing key pair or create a new one to securely connect to the instance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Once the instance is launched, note down the public IP or DNS name. You will need this to access your Laravel application.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n A database is essential for storing your Laravel application’s data. We will use Amazon RDS to create a managed database instance.<\/p>\n Click on “Create database” and choose the database engine that matches your Laravel application’s requirements (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Select the appropriate instance type based on your application’s needs. Consider the expected number of concurrent connections and size of your dataset.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Configure the database instance details. Provide a database name, master username, and password.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Set up the networking and security settings. Create a new VPC security group and allow inbound access on the database port (e.g., port 3306 for MySQL).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Review the configuration and create the database instance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Once the database instance is created, note down the hostname, port, database name, username, and password. We will need these details to configure our Laravel application later.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n If your Laravel application requires storage for file uploads, images, or other assets, we can use Amazon S3 for object storage.<\/p>\n Click on “Create bucket” and provide a unique name for your bucket.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Choose the AWS region where you want your S3 bucket to be located.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Configure the bucket options and permissions as required.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Review and create the bucket.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Make sure to note down your S3 bucket name. We will need this information when configuring the Laravel application.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Now that we have set up the necessary AWS resources, let’s move on to configuring our Laravel application.<\/p>\n In this step, we will update the Laravel application’s configuration to work with the AWS resources we created in the previous step.<\/p>\n The .env file in your Laravel application contains environment-specific configuration settings. Update the file with the following AWS-related settings:<\/p>\n Replace the placeholders ( To work with AWS services from your Laravel application, we need to install the AWS SDK using Composer. Open a terminal at the root of your Laravel application and run the following command:<\/p>\n This will download and install the AWS SDK in your vendor directory.<\/p>\n Open the If your Laravel application uses a queue system (e.g., Laravel Horizon or AWS SQS), update the We are now ready to deploy the Laravel application to the EC2 instance we created earlier.<\/p>\n Connect to your EC2 instance using SSH. If you are on macOS or Linux, open a terminal and run the following command:<\/p>\n If you are on Windows, you can use a tool like PuTTY<\/a> to connect to the instance.<\/p>\n Once connected, navigate to the Replace Install the application dependencies using Composer:<\/p>\n This will install the necessary packages defined in your Set the appropriate file permissions for your Laravel application:<\/p>\n Generate a new application key using the Copy the generated key as we will use it in the next step.<\/p>\n We need to configure the web server (Apache or Nginx) to serve our Laravel application.<\/p>\n Create a new virtual host by creating a file in Replace Create a new server block in the Nginx configuration file ( Replace Restart the web server to apply the changes:<\/p>\n Access your Laravel application in a web browser using the public IP or DNS name of your EC2 instance. You should see your Laravel application up and running.<\/p>\n To streamline your application deployment process, you can set up automatic deployments using AWS services like AWS CodeCommit and AWS CodePipeline.<\/p>\n Create a new CodeCommit repository in the AWS Management Console. Follow the instructions to create an empty repository.<\/p>\n Push your Laravel application to the CodeCommit repository using the following commands:<\/p>\n Replace Create a new CodePipeline in the AWS Management Console using the following steps:<\/p>\n Configure a build stage to build and test your Laravel application. You can use tools like AWS CodeBuild or a custom build script.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Add a deploy stage to deploy your Laravel application to the EC2 instance. You can use AWS CodeDeploy or a custom deployment script.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Review and create the CodePipeline.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Now whenever you push changes to your CodeCommit repository, AWS CodePipeline will automatically trigger the build and deployment process.<\/p>\n Congratulations! You have successfully deployed your Laravel application to AWS. By utilizing AWS services like EC2, RDS, S3, and CodePipeline, you can ensure scalability, reliability, and security for your Laravel application. Experiment with additional AWS services like caching (ElastiCache), CDN (CloudFront), and monitoring (CloudWatch) to further optimize your application’s performance. Happy coding!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Laravel is a popular PHP framework for building web applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of deploying a Laravel application to AWS (Amazon Web Services). 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Step 1: Set up the AWS Infrastructure<\/h2>\n
1.1 Create an EC2 Instance<\/h3>\n
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1.2 Create an RDS Database<\/h3>\n
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1.3 Create an S3 Bucket<\/h3>\n
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Step 2: Configure the Laravel Application<\/h2>\n
2.1 Update .env File<\/h3>\n
DB_CONNECTION=mysql\nDB_HOST=<RDS_HOSTNAME>\nDB_PORT=<RDS_PORT>\nDB_DATABASE=<RDS_DATABASE>\nDB_USERNAME=<RDS_USERNAME>\nDB_PASSWORD=<RDS_PASSWORD>\n\nAWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<YOUR_AWS_ACCESS_KEY>\nAWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>\nAWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<YOUR_AWS_REGION>\nAWS_BUCKET=<YOUR_S3_BUCKET>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
<RDS_HOSTNAME><\/code>,
<RDS_PORT><\/code>,
<RDS_DATABASE><\/code>,
<RDS_USERNAME><\/code>,
<RDS_PASSWORD><\/code>,
<YOUR_AWS_REGION><\/code>,
<YOUR_S3_BUCKET><\/code>) with the respective values from your AWS resources.<\/p>\n
2.2 Install AWS SDK<\/h3>\n
composer require aws\/aws-sdk-php\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
2.3 Update S3 Configuration<\/h3>\n
config\/filesystems.php<\/code> file in your Laravel application and update the
disks<\/code> array with the following AWS S3 configuration:<\/p>\n
's3' => [\n 'driver' => 's3',\n 'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),\n 'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),\n 'region' => env('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'),\n 'bucket' => env('AWS_BUCKET'),\n],\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
2.4 Update Queue Configuration<\/h3>\n
config\/queue.php<\/code> file with the appropriate configuration settings for your queue driver.<\/p>\n
Step 3: Deploy the Laravel Application to EC2<\/h2>\n
3.1 Install the Application Dependencies<\/h3>\n
ssh -i \/path\/to\/your\/key.pem ec2-user@<PUBLIC_IP_OR_DNS>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
\/var\/www\/html<\/code> directory (or the directory where you want to deploy your Laravel application) and clone your application’s repository:<\/p>\n
cd \/var\/www\/html\ngit clone <REPOSITORY_URL> .\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
<REPOSITORY_URL><\/code> with the URL of your application’s repository.<\/p>\n
composer install --no-dev\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
composer.json<\/code> file.<\/p>\n
3.2 Set File Permissions<\/h3>\n
sudo chown -R apache:apache \/var\/www\/html\nsudo chmod -R 755 \/var\/www\/html\/storage\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
3.3 Generate Application Key<\/h3>\n
artisan<\/code> command:<\/p>\n
php artisan key:generate --show\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
3.4 Configure the Web Server<\/h3>\n
3.4.1 Apache Configuration<\/h4>\n
\/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/<\/code> with the
.conf<\/code> extension (e.g.,
\/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/mylaravelapp.conf<\/code>) and add the following configuration:<\/p>\n
<VirtualHost *:80>\n ServerName yourdomain.com\n DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/public\n\n <Directory \/var\/www\/html\/public>\n AllowOverride All\n <\/Directory>\n\n ErrorLog \/var\/log\/httpd\/mylaravelapp-error.log\n CustomLog \/var\/log\/httpd\/mylaravelapp-access.log combined\n<\/VirtualHost>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
yourdomain.com<\/code> with your domain name or the public IP of your EC2 instance.<\/p>\n
3.4.2 Nginx Configuration<\/h4>\n
\/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/default<\/code> or
\/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/default.conf<\/code>) with the following configuration:<\/p>\n
server {\n listen 80;\n server_name yourdomain.com;\n root \/var\/www\/html\/public;\n\n index index.php index.html index.htm;\n\n location \/ {\n try_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$args;\n }\n\n location ~ .php$ {\n fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php\/php7.4-fpm.sock;\n fastcgi_index index.php;\n fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\n include fastcgi_params;\n }\n\n access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/mylaravelapp-access.log;\n error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/mylaravelapp-error.log;\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
yourdomain.com<\/code> with your domain name or the public IP of your EC2 instance.<\/p>\n
sudo service httpd restart # For Apache\nsudo service nginx restart # For Nginx\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
3.5 Test the Application<\/h3>\n
Step 4: Configure Automatic Deployment<\/h2>\n
4.1 Create a CodeCommit Repository<\/h3>\n
4.2 Push Your Laravel Application to CodeCommit<\/h3>\n
aws configure # Configure AWS credentials if not already done\n\ncd \/path\/to\/your\/laravel\/app\ngit init\ngit add .\ngit commit -m \"Initial commit\"\ngit remote add origin <YOUR_CODECOMMIT_REPO_URL>\ngit push -u origin master\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
<YOUR_CODECOMMIT_REPO_URL><\/code> with the URL of your CodeCommit repository.<\/p>\n
4.3 Create a CodePipeline<\/h3>\n
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Conclusion<\/h2>\n