Install and Setup Laravel Development Environment on CentOS

Written by Anand Singh on the 28th Sep 2021

Exported on 28-Sep-2021 12:05:22

Install LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL and PHP) On CentOS Server With AttuneOps

This Blueprint Install LEMP Stack Components On A CentOS 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 PHP7.4

Install PHP and required plugins

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 PHP remi repository
sudo yum -y install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

# Enable remi repository
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74

# Install requiered php plugins 
sudo yum -y install php php-mysqlnd php-mbstring php-dom php-zip

2 - Install Composer - PHP Package Manager

Install composer PHP dependency manager

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

3 - Install MariaDB Database Server

Installs MariaDB package for MySQL database 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 yum -y install mariadb-server

# Start mysql 
sudo service mariadb start

# Configure password and auth plugin
sudo mysql -e "SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('rootpass');flush privileges;"

# Restart mysql 
sudo service mariadb restart

4 - Install Laravel

Installs and configures 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 
# Install git and zip
sudo yum -y install git zip


# 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

5 - Start Laravel Development Server

Installs screen package and launched Laravel dev server in backgroud

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 yum -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