Forge and Vapor deployment in Laravel

Introduction

Forge and Vapor help you put your Laravel app online easily. They handle servers and cloud so you can focus on your app.

You want to launch a Laravel website without managing servers yourself.

You need to deploy your app to a cloud platform with automatic scaling.

You want to update your app live with zero downtime.

You want to use Laravel features that need cloud services like queues or storage.

You want a simple way to manage multiple Laravel projects on servers.

Syntax

Laravel

git push origin main
vapor deploy production

git push origin main triggers deployment on a server managed by Laravel Forge if configured with Git webhooks.

vapor deploy deploys your app to AWS cloud using Laravel Vapor.

Examples

Push your latest code to the Git repository connected to Forge to trigger deployment on the server.

Laravel

git push origin main

Deploy your Laravel app to the production environment on Vapor.

Laravel

vapor deploy production

Deploy your app to a staging environment for testing before production.

Laravel

vapor deploy staging

Sample Program

This example shows the steps Forge runs when deploying your Laravel app. It connects to the server, updates code, runs database changes, clears cache, and finishes.

Laravel

<?php
// This is a simplified example of a Laravel deployment script
// Normally, deployment commands run in terminal, not PHP code

// Simulate deployment steps
function deployToForge() {
    echo "Connecting to Forge server...\n";
    echo "Pulling latest code from Git...\n";
    echo "Running migrations...\n";
    echo "Clearing cache...\n";
    echo "Deployment to Forge complete!\n";
}

deployToForge();

Important Notes

Forge is best for managing your own servers or VPS easily.

Vapor is a serverless platform using AWS, great for scaling automatically.

Both require you to connect your Git repository for code updates.

Summary

Forge and Vapor make Laravel deployment simple and reliable.

Use Forge for traditional servers, Vapor for serverless cloud.

Both handle code updates, database migrations, and app caching automatically.