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DigitalOcean LEMP Laravel | An Outline

DigitalOcean LEMP Laravel refers to a certain technology stack and hosting environment for web applications.

Let’s take a quick look at the LEMP Stack:

• Linux:

  This is the OS for hosting our web application. DigitalOcean usually offers a choice of Linux distributions for our VM virtual machine like Ubuntu, CentOS, or Debian.
• Nginx:

  It is a high-performance web server and reverse proxy server. It’s known for its efficiency and ability to handle a large number of concurrent connections. Nginx is used as the webserver to serve web pages and route requests to the PHP interpreter in the LEMP stack.
• MySQL or MariaDB:

  These relational database management systems are used to store and manage the application’s data. Both are commonly used in LEMP stacks for database functionality.
• PHP:

  PHP is a server-side scripting language used for web development. Laravel is often chosen for building modern web applications. In a LEMP stack, PHP is responsible for processing dynamic content, interacting with the database, and generating web pages.

How to set up a DigitalOcean LEMP Laravel environment

1. To begin with, create a virtual machine (Droplet) on DigitalOcean and choose a Linux distribution.
2. Next, we have to configure security measures like setting up a firewall and making sure SSH access is secure. We can also use SSH keys for authentication.
3. Then, install Nginx on our server and configure server blocks to serve our Laravel application. Furthermore, set up necessary Nginx directives like location blocks and HTTPS (SSL/TLS) if needed.
4. Now, we have to install our chosen RDBMS and then create a database for our Laravel application, and configure database user access.
5. Then. install PHP and necessary PHP extensions for Laravel. We can also adjust PHP settings like memory limits and time zones.
6. Additionally, install Composer and then Laravel. We can use Composer to create a new Laravel project or clone an existing one into our server’s web root directory.
7. Now, run Laravel’s database migrations and seeders to create and populate the database tables.
8. After that, we have to set up Nginx to serve our Laravel application, configure the document root, and ensure the appropriate Nginx directives are in place.
9. At this point, we must upload our Laravel application code to the server within the web root directory.
10. Now, check the Laravel application is accessible through a web browser.
11. Finally, set up monitoring, backups, and maintenance routines to keep an eye on the health and security of our Laravel application.

This is an outline of the setup to create a robust environment for hosting Laravel-based web applications on DigitalOcean. Let us know if you need help with any of the steps.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to DigitalOcean LEMP Laravel.