This repository contains resources for building the 1-Click installation of Laravel on DigitalOcean.
To install the latest version of Laravel on DigitalOcean with 1-Click, you can use the following link:
In addition to the package installation, the One-Click also:
- Enables the UFW firewall to allow only SSH (port 22, rate limited), HTTP (port 80), and HTTPS (port 443) access.
- Creates the initial Laravel configuration file to set up database credentials and allow the Laravel instance to connect to the database.
- After you create a Laravel One-Click Droplet, you’ll need to log into the Droplet via SSH to finish the Laravel setup.
From a terminal on your local computer, connect to the Droplet as root. Make sure to substitute the Droplet’s public IPv4 address.
ssh root@your_droplet_public_ipv4
If you did not add an SSH key when you created the Droplet, you’ll first be prompted to reset your root password.
Then, the interactive script that runs will first prompt you for your domain or subdomain:
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This setup requires a domain name. If you do not have one yet, you may
cancel this setup, press Ctrl+C. This script will run again on your next login
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Enter the domain name for your new Laravel site.
(ex. example.org or test.example.org) do not include www or http/s
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Domain/Subdomain name:
The next prompt asks if you want to use SSL for your website via Let’s Encrypt, which we recommend:
Next, you have the option of configuring LetsEncrypt to secure your new site. Before doing this, be sure that you have pointed your domain or subdomain to this server's IP address. You can also run LetsEncrypt certbot later with the command 'certbot --nginx'
Would you like to use LetsEncrypt (certbot) to configure SSL(https) for your new site? (y/n):
At this point, you can visit the Droplet’s IP address or your domain name in your browser to see the Laravel installation.
The web root is /var/www/laravel, and the Laravel configuration file is /var/www/laravel/.env.
You can get information about the PHP installation by logging into the Droplet and running php -i.
If you didn’t enable HTTPS during the initial setup script, you can enable it manually at any time after your domain name has been pointed to the Droplet's IP address.
Setting up an SSL certificate enables HTTPS on the web server, which secures the traffic between the server and the clients connecting to it. Certbot is a free and automated way to set up SSL certificates on a server. It’s included as part of the Laravel One-Click to make securing the Droplet easier.
To use Certbot, you’ll need a registered domain name and two DNS records:
- An A record from the domain (e.g.,
example.com) to the server’s IP address - An A record from a domain prefaced with www (e.g., www.example.com) to the server’s IP address
Additionally, if you’re using a server block file, you’ll need to make sure the server name directive in the Nginx server block (e.g., server_name example.com) is correctly set to the domain.
Once the DNS records and, optionally, the server block files are set up, you can generate the SSL certificate. Make sure to substitute the domain in the command.
certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com
For a more detailed walkthrough, you can follow How to Secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt or view Certbot’s official documentation.
You can serve files from the web server by adding them to the web root (/var/www/laravel) using SFTP or other tools.
The Laravel 1-Click installation ships with the LaraSail script.
LaraSail is a CLI tool for Laravel to help you sail the servers of the DigitalOcean.
For more information on LaraSail, please visit the LaraSail README.md file.
When you SSH into your server you may want to switch users back to the larasail user, you can do so with the following command:
su - larasail
After setting up the server you can create a new project by running:
larasail new <project-name> [--jet <livewire|inertia>] [--teams] [--www-alias]
This will automatically create a project folder in /var/www and set up a host if the provided project name contains periods (they will be replaced with underscores for the directory name). By default, LaraSail sets up the Nginx site configuration and Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for your domain. If you would like both the www alias and root domain setup (i.e. example.com and www.example.com) kindly pass the --www-alias flag.
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LaraSail allows you to create a new Wave project automatically by adding --wave flag to the new command as follows:
larasail new <project-name> [--wave]
Just like Laravel above, this will create a project folder, setup the Nginx site configuration and Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate for your domain. By default, you will be prompted to create a project database and if successful, will migrate and seed the database.
Alternatively, you can clone a repository or create a new Laravel app within the /var/www folder:
cd /var/www && laravel new mywebsite
If you want to include Laravel Jetstream into your project, you need to specify the --jet option:
cd /var/www && laravel new mywebsite --jet
Then, you'll need to setup a new Nginx host by running:
larasail host mywebsite.com /var/www/mywebsite --www-alias
larasail host accepts three parameters:
- Your website domain (mywebsite.com)
- The location of the files for your site (/var/www/mywebsite/public)
- Optional flag if you would like to include your project's
wwwalias:www.mywebsite.com(--www-alias)
Finally, point your domain to the IP address of your new server. And wallah, you're ready to rock 🤘 with your new Laravel website. If you used the --www-alias flag, don't forget to add your domain's www CNAME record
When installing and setting up LaraSail there are two passwords that are randomly generated:
- The password for the
larasailuser created - The default MySQL password
To get the larasail user password you can type in the following command:
larasail pass
And the password for the larasail user will be displayed. Next, to get the default MySQL root password you can type the following command:
larasail mysqlpass
And the MySQL root password will be displayed.
After you have created your project you can create a database and user for it by using the following command:
larasail database init [--user larasail] [--db larasail] [--force]
By default it will create a database and the user larasail and grant all permissions to that user.
TIP: If you are in the project directory when you run this command, it will also try to update the .env file
with the newly generated credentials.
After you have created a database, you can show the newly generated passwords using the following command:
larasail database pass
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Packer is a tool for creating images from a single source configuration. Using this Packer template reduces the entire process of creating, configuring, validating, and snapshotting a build Droplet to a single command:
export DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN=your_digital_ocean_token_here
packer build template.json
By doing this, there is a reduced likelihood of having to submit an image multiple times as a result of falling in any of the next steps:
- Installing OS updates
- Deleting bash history.
- Removing log files and SSH keys from the root user
- Enabling the firewall (i.e. ufw if you use Ubuntu)
For more information, check out the DigitalOcean Packer project: