Hosting a Laravel application on DigitalOcean

The practical components of a secure Laravel deployment on DigitalOcean, from web traffic and workers to storage and releases. This guide explains the practical decisions behind it and what those decisions mean for the people using and operating the product.

Separate runtime responsibilities

Web processes, queue workers and scheduled commands have different scaling and restart behaviour. Each needs configuration, health checks and logs appropriate to its role.

Keep configuration and secrets outside the repository

Environment values should be managed securely per deployment. Application keys, database credentials and third-party tokens must not be embedded in source code or public build output.

Use deployment steps that can fail safely

Install locked dependencies, build assets, run tests and apply migrations in a controlled order. Backward-compatible database changes help old and new code overlap during a release.

Store uploads appropriately

Local server disks may disappear during replacement or scaling. Object storage and a deliberate media strategy keep user files independent of individual application instances.

Operate what has been launched

Monitor errors, response times, queues, capacity and certificates. Regular framework updates and recovery tests turn a successful launch into a dependable service.

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