This is a guide for how to set up the Laravel framework on Professional or Reseller Hosting. This is considered an intermediate level task, so if you require assistance setting Laravel up, our support team will be happy to help.
STEP 1
SSH to your hosting
Firstly, you’ll need to use SSH to access your site’s files. The following command will allow you to login:
ssh USERNAME@IP
Replacing ‘USERNAME’ with your SFTP username and ‘IP’ with the IP address of your server.
STEP 2
Change directory to ‘private’
Change in to your private directory using:
cd private/
STEP 3
Create a ‘cache’ directory.
Create a directory for the cache by typing the following command:
mkdir cache
STEP 4
Install Laravel
Install Laravel using the following command:
COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR=/private/cache composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
STEP 5
Create a symlink
Create a symlink using the following command:
ln -s /private/example-app/public/ /httpdocs/example-app
This will now allow your application to load at yourdomain.com/example-app
STEP 6
Install Laravel application to root directory
To install the application to your root directory you will need to create a .htaccess file within the httpdocs of your website containing the following text:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/example-app/index.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /example-app/index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^$ /example-app/index.php [L]
After this the application should load on the root of yourdomain.com
