Table of contents
- Initial Server Setup
- Installing Necessary Packages
- Configuring Nginx
- Setting Up SSL with Certbot
- Setting Up Cron for Laravel Tasks
Initial Server Setup
- First, ensure your server’s package repositories are up to date:
apt update && apt upgrade && apt autoremoveInstalling Necessary Packages
- We’re going to install a range of packages including PHP, Node.js, npm, Yarn, MySQL, and Nginx. Run the following commands:
apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev curl zip unzip git supervisor sqlite3 libcap2-bin libpng-dev python2 dnsutils librsvg2-bin fswatch \
&& curl -sS 'https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x14aa40ec0831756756d7f66c4f4ea0aae5267a6c' | gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/ppa_ondrej_php.gpg > /dev/null \
&& echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/ppa_ondrej_php.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu jammy main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppa_ondrej_php.list \
&& apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y php8.2-cli php8.2-dev php8.2-fpm\
php8.2-sqlite3 php8.2-gd php8.2-imagick \
php8.2-curl \
php8.2-imap php8.2-mysql php8.2-mbstring \
php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-bcmath php8.2-soap \
php8.2-intl php8.2-readline \
php8.2-ldap \
php8.2-msgpack php8.2-igbinary php8.2-redis php8.2-swoole \
php8.2-memcached php8.2-pcov php8.2-xdebug \
&& curl -sLS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin/ --filename=composer \
&& apt-get update \
&& curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash \
&& source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh \
&& nvm install --lts \
&& nvm use --lts \
&& npm install -g npm \
&& curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/yarn.gpg >/dev/null \
&& echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/yarn.gpg] https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list \
&& apt-get update \
&& apt-get install -y yarn \
&& apt-get install -y mysql-server \
&& apt-get install -y nginx \
&& apt-get -y autoremove \
&& apt-get clean \
&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
&& sudo mysql_secure_installationConfiguring Nginx
- Move to the Nginx configuration directory:
cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled- Create and edit a new configuration file for your domain:
sudo nano domain.conf- Copy and paste the following configuration into the file.
Don’t forget to replace
example.comwith your domain name:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.com;
root /srv/example.com/public;
add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
index index.php;
charset utf-8;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
# Add WebSocket configuration here
#location /app/app-key {
# proxy_pass http://localhost:6001;
# proxy_http_version 1.1;
# proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
# proxy_set_header Connection "Upgrade";
# proxy_set_header Host $host;
#}
location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
location = /robots.txt { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
error_page 404 /index.php;
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~ /\.(?!well-known).* {
deny all;
}
client_max_body_size 75M;
}- Test your Nginx configuration:
nginx -tIf the output indicates success
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successfulproceed to the next step.
- Reload Nginx to apply the changes:
service nginx reloadSetting Up SSL with Certbot
- To secure your site with HTTPS, we’ll use Certbot. Run the following commands to install and configure Certbot for Nginx:
sudo snap install --classic certbot \
&& sudo ln -s /snap/bin/certbot /usr/bin/certbot \
&& sudo certbot --nginx \
&& sudo certbot renew --dry-run Setting Up Cron for Laravel Tasks
- Open the crontab editor to schedule tasks:
sudo crontab -e- Add the following line to run Laravel’s scheduled tasks every minute. Replace
/srv/example.comwith your project’s path if different:
* * * * * cd /srv/example.com && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1Note: Ensure you’ve backed up any existing configurations or data before making changes. Always test configurations in a safe environment before applying them to a production server.