Install And Setup Laravel Development Environment On Debian

Written by Anand Singh on the 28th Sep 2021

Exported on 28-Sep-2021 12:11:39

Install Laravel Development Environment On Debian Server With AttuneOps

This Blueprint Installs LEMP Stack Components On A Debian Server

Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web framework, created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller architectural pattern and based on Symfony.

Laravel makes it easy to develop production ready websites and backend APIs with its power packed development utilities. Using Laravel saves a lot of time and cost as it brings along the basic requirements of any backend service such as Authentication, Notifications, Models, Views, Controllers, Middle-wares, etc.

Pre-Blueprint Attune setup
  1. On the Inputs tab, create a Linux node for the host you wish to install the stack on.
  2. On the Inputs tab, create Linux credentials to connect to the host you wish to install the stack on.
Steps Involved
  • Install and configure PHP
  • Install composer - PHP package management system
  • Clone Laravel project
  • Install MySQL 8 database.
  • Configure and launch Laravel development server

Parameters

Name Type Script Reference Default Value Comment
Linux Node Linux / Unix Server linuxNode
Linux User Linux OS Credential linuxUser

1 - Install Git CLI

Installs git cli to clone Laravel project repository

The connection details have changed from the last step.

Login as user on node

Connect via SSH 
ssh user@hostname
This is a Bash Script make sure you run it with bash -l from a terminal session 
# Install git
sudo apt -y install git

2 - Install PHP and Plugins

Installs PHP and required PHP plugins

Login as user on node

Connect via SSH 
ssh user@hostname
This is a Bash Script make sure you run it with bash -l from a terminal session 
# Update apt repositories
sudo apt update

# Install PHP 7.4
sudo apt -y install php
sudo apt -y install php-mysql php-common php-mbstring php-xml php-zip php-bcmath zip unzip php-zip php-dev

3 - Install Composer

Install composer for PHP dependency management

Login as user on node

Connect via SSH 
ssh user@hostname
This is a Bash Script make sure you run it with bash -l from a terminal session 
# Download composer installer
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"

# Setup composer
php composer-setup.php

# Add to path
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

4 - Install and Configure MariaDB Server

Installs MariaDB Server

Login as user on node

Connect via SSH 
ssh user@hostname
This is a Bash Script make sure you run it with bash -l from a terminal session 
# Install mysql/mariadb server
sudo apt install mariadb-server

# Configure password and auth plugin
sudo mysql -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'rootpass';UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin='mysql_native_password' WHERE User='root';flush privileges;"

5 - Install Laravel

Download and configure Laravel project

Login as user on node

Connect via SSH 
ssh user@hostname
This is a Bash Script make sure you run it with bash -l from a terminal session 
# Download composer
git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git

# Install dependencies
cd laravel && composer i

#Create .env file
cp .env.example .env

#Set MySQL password
sed -i 's/DB_PASSWORD=/DB_PASSWORD=rootpass/g' .env

# Generate Laravel application key
php artisan key:generate

6 - Start Laravel Dev Server

Start Laravel Development Server

Login as user on node

Connect via SSH 
ssh user@hostname
This is a Bash Script make sure you run it with bash -l from a terminal session 
# Install screen
sudo apt -y install screen

# Configure screen 
sudo echo "zombie xy" >> ~/.screenrc

# Change working directory
cd ~/laravel

# Start Laravel artisan server in backaground
screen -d -m php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0