Deploy with Forge

Deploy with Forge

Add bower install and gulp --production to composer.json

nano composer.json

...
    "scripts": {
        ...
        "compile": [
            "./node_modules/.bin/bower install",
            "./node_modules/.bin/gulp --production"
        ]
    },
    ...

composer update

Create Forge server

open https://forge.laravel.com/servers

Wait for this e-mail message

Your Laravel Forge server has been provisioned!

...

Server Details:

Name: YOUR_SERVER_NAME
IP Address: YOUR_SERVER_IP
Username: forge
Sudo Password: YOUR_SUDO_PASSWORD
Database Username: forge
Database Password: YOUR_DB_PASSWORD

Create site

Link to GitHub repository

Set .env variables

APP_DEBUG=false
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=YOUR_APP_KEY
APP_LOG=syslog
APP_URL=http://laravel-apz.domain
CACHE_DRIVER=redis
HOST_NAME=laravel-apz.domain
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_DATABASE=forge
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_DB_PASSWORD
DB_USERNAME=forge
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=YOUR_MAIL_HOST
MAIL_PORT=YOUR_MAIL_PORT
MAIL_USERNAME=YOUR_MAIL_USERNAME
MAIL_PASSWORD=YOUR_MAIL_PASSWORD
[email protected]
MAIL_NAME="Laravel Apz"
QUEUE_DRIVER=redis
RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY=YOUR_RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY
RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY=YOUR_RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY
REDIS_HOST=localhost
SESSION_DRIVER=file
WEATHER_APPID=YOUR_WEATHER_APPID

Change deploy script

cd /home/forge/default
git pull origin master
npm install
composer install --no-interaction --no-dev --prefer-dist
composer compile --no-interaction --no-dev
php artisan migrate --force

Add worker with Redis to process queues

Add scheduler to run commands on every hour

Get Papertrail host

open https://papertrailapp.com/systems/setup

Add Papertrail to Forge server

Next step: Update README