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- Update Ubuntu<\/li>\n
- Install Nginx<\/li>\n
- Install PHP-FPM 7.0<\/li>\n
- Install MariaDB<\/li>\n
- Install PHP Composer<\/li>\n
- Configure Nginx Virtual Host for Laravel<\/li>\n
- Install Laravel<\/li>\n
- Testing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Prerequisites<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Ubuntu 16.04 server<\/li>\n
- Root privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Step 1 – Update Ubuntu<\/h2>\n
Before we start with\u00a0the installation, we need to update the repository and then update all packages to the latest version. So to do that, first login to the Ubuntu server using\u00a0ssh.<\/p>\n
ssh [email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n
Now, update your Ubuntu repository and upgrade all packages on your system to the latest version.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade<\/p>\nReboot your server and then connect again using\u00a0ssh.<\/p>\n
Step 2 – Install Nginx<\/h2>\n
In this step, we will install Nginx 1.10 in\u00a0the system. It’s available in the repository, you just need to install it with the following apt command.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install -y nginx<\/p>\n
After\u00a0the installation has been completed, start Nginx and enable\u00a0it to start automatically at system\u00a0boot, something which you can do using the following systemctl commands.<\/p>\n
systemctl start nginx
systemctl enable nginx<\/p>\nNginx is running on port 80, check related stats using the\u00a0netstat command in the following way.<\/p>\n
netstat -plntu<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nOr you can use the curl command as well.<\/p>\n
curl localhost<\/p>\n
Step 3 – Install PHP-FPM 7<\/h2>\n
Nginx is installed, and now we need to install PHP-FPM version on the system. We will install PHP 7.0 and some PHP extensions needed by Laravel.<\/p>\n
Install PHP and PHP-FPM 7.0 with all extensions needed using\u00a0the following command.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-curl php7.0-common php7.0-cli php7.0-mysql php7.0-mbstring php7.0-fpm php7.0-xml php7.0-zip<\/p>\n
Next, go to the PHP configuration directory and edit php.ini file present in\u00a0the fpm directory.<\/p>\n
cd \/etc\/php\/7.0\/
vim fpm\/php.ini<\/p>\nUncomment the following CGI line, and change the value to 0.<\/p>\n
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0<\/pre>\n
That’s it. Save and exit.<\/p>\n
Now we can start PHP-FPM and enable\u00a0it to launch automatically at system boot.<\/p>\n
systemctl start php7.0-fpm
systemctl enable php7.0-fpm<\/p>\nBy default on Ubuntu, PHP-FPM is running under the sock file. Check the PHP-FPM sock file with the netstat command in the following way:<\/p>\n
netstat -pl | grep php7.0-fpm<\/p>\n
PHP and PHP-FPM 7.0 installed.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nStep 4 – Install MariaDB<\/h2>\n
This is optional, but when your Laravel project is based on MySQL, you need to do this for your project. We will install MariaDB latest version 10.0 on to the system.<\/p>\n
Install MariaDB from the repository using\u00a0the following command.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server mariadb-client<\/p>\n
After the installation is complete, run MariaDB and enable\u00a0it to launch at system boot.<\/p>\n
systemcl start mysql
systemctl enable mysql<\/p>\nMariaDB started on port 3306, check it using the\u00a0netstat command.<\/p>\n
netstat -plntu<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nNext, configure the MariaDB root password with the ‘mysql_secure_installation’ command below.<\/p>\n
mysql_secure_installation<\/p>\n
Input your root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely etc.<\/p>\n
Set root password? [Y\/n] Y
MariaDB installation and configuration has been completed.<\/p>\n
Step 5 – Install PHP Composer<\/h2>\n
The composer is a package manager for the PHP programming language. Created on 2011, it’s inspired by Node.js ‘npm’ and Ruby’s named ‘bundler’. On ubuntu 16.04, composer is available in the repository, so we can install it using the\u00a0apt command.<\/p>\n
Install PHP Composer with the following command.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install -y composer<\/p>\n
After\u00a0the installation has been completed, run ‘composer’ command and you will get the\u00a0results as shown in the screenshot.<\/p>\n
composer<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nPHP Composer installed on Ubuntu 16.04.<\/p>\n
Step 6 – Configure Nginx virtual host for Laravel<\/h2>\n
In this step, we will configure the nginx virtual host for Laravel. But before we do that, we must decide the directory for our Laravel project. In our case, we will use ‘\/var\/www\/laravel’ directory for the project. Just create it with mkdir.<\/p>\n
mkdir -p \/var\/www\/laravel<\/p>\n
Next, go to the nginx configuration directory and create a new virtual host file ‘laravel’ under ‘sites-available’ directory.<\/p>\n
cd \/etc\/nginx\/
vim sites-available\/laravel<\/p>\nPaste the following configuration there.<\/p>\n
server {\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # Log files for Debugging
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # Webroot Directory for Laravel project
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # Your Domain Name
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 location \/ {
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 # PHP-FPM Configuration Nginx
That’s it. Save and exit.<\/p>\n
Now activate the virtual host by creating a symlink of the ‘laravel’ file to the ‘sites-enabled’ directory. Then test nginx configuration and make sure there is no error.<\/p>\n
ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/laravel \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/
nginx -t<\/p>\nVirtual host for laravel has been created. Now restart nginx.<\/p>\n
systemctl restart nginx<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nStep 7 – Install Laravel<\/h2>\n
Before we start with Laravel installation, make sure unzip utility is installed on your system. If you do not have the tool, install it using the following command.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install unzip<\/p>\n
We’ve already defined a directory for Laravel : ‘\/var\/www\/laravel’ directory. Go to that directory.<\/p>\n
cd \/var\/www\/laravel<\/p>\n
Install Laravel with the composer command. There are\u00a0two ways to install Laravel: Installing via the Laravel Installer and Installing via Composer create project. We will install latest Laravel version 5.4 via the composer create project.<\/p>\n
Run the following composer command.<\/p>\n
composer create-project laravel\/laravel .<\/p>\n
You need to wait for the Laravel installation.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAnd after\u00a0the installation is complete.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Laravel](\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/how-to-install-laravel-5-php-framework-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-16-04-7.png\" "\\"\\"")
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