Production-Ready Laravel Hosting Setup
From first SSH login to a documented handoff.
cPanel or VPS
Match the setup to your host — shared panel or cloud VPS.
SSL & Domains
Certificates, redirects, and canonical host hygiene.
Queues & Cron
Queue workers, scheduler, and process supervision.
App Env
Env files, caches, storage links, and permissions.
Baseline Hardening
SSH, firewall basics, and least-privilege habits.
Handoff Notes
How to deploy again, where logs live, what to monitor.
Ship Without Surprises
Checklist-driven so launch day stays calm.
Inventory
App requirements, PHP version, services, and DNS ownership.
Provision
Web server, PHP-FPM, DB, Redis if needed, and SSL.
Deploy
Release the app, run migrations, warm caches, verify queues.
Handoff
Written runbook for updates, backups, and common failures.
Ready to go live?
Share your host type and Laravel version — I will outline the deploy plan.