What is Laravel PHP Framework ?

-- 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 (MVC) architectural pattern.

Installation Step :

Step: 1. Set Host Name :

# hostname laravel.oit.com
# vi /etc/sysconfig/network

HOSTNAME=laravel.oit.com

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 2. Bind Host File :

# vi /etc/hosts

10.100.97.38    laravel.domain.com        laravel

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 3. Stop Firewall & Disable Selinux :

# service iptables stop
# chkconfig iptables off

# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux

SELINUX=disabled

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 4. Install NTP Server For Time Synchronization :

# yum -y install ntp ntpdate
# service ntpd restart
# chkconfig ntpd on
# ntpdate pool.ntp.org

Step: 5. Reboot the System :

# init 6

Step: 6. Install EPEL & Remi Repository :

# yum -y install epel-release
# rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

Step: 7. Install Apache Server :

# yum -y install --enablerepo=remi,epel httpd httpd-devel

Step: 8. Remove MySQL 5.1 & Install MySQL 5.6 :

# yum -y remove mysql mysql-*

# rpm -Uvh http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm
# yum -y install mysql mysql-server

Step: 9. Start MySQL Service & Set Root Password :

# service mysqld restart
# chkconfig mysqld on

# mysql_secure_installation

Step: 10. Install PHP 5.6 :

# rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm
# yum -y install php56w php56w-common php56w-cli php56w-devel php56w-gd \
    php56w-mysql php56w-mcrypt php56w-mbstring php56w-imap php56w-snmp \
    php56w-xml php56w-xmlrpc php56w-ldap php56w-pdo php56w-json php56w-dom \
    wget unzip curl git openssl

Step: 11. Install Composer :

Note: Composer is required for installing Laravel Dependencies.

# curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
# mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

Step: 12. Install Laravel Framework :

Note: To download latest version of Laravel, Use below command to clone master repo of laravel
               from github.

# cd /var/www/html
# git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
# cd /var/www/html/laravel
# composer install
# chown -Rf apache.apache /var/www/html/laravel
# chmod -Rf 755 /var/www/html/laravel

Step: 13. Set Encryption Key :

-- Now set the 32 bit long random number encryption key, which used by the Illuminate
      encryption service.

# cd /var/www/html/laravel
# mv .env.example .env
# chown -Rf apache.apache /var/www/html/laravel
# php artisan key:generate

[OUTPUT]
Application key [base64:lNOx1cxl0JWAWX56/Ql6o7/mcw7AVairy1Uqs2XplFo=] set successfully.

-- Update the above Generated Application key into the config/app.php configuration file.
     Also make sure that cipher is set properly.

# vi /var/www/html/laravel/config/app.php

'key' => env('APP_KEY', 'base64:IZ+g3FU+OF1nO4j/4y4EHDdUq4gyJZcJ+weClk3B5Qo='),
'cipher' => 'AES-256-CBC',

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

Step: 14. Create Apache Virtual Host :

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

-- Add these Lines at Line no 313 :

<Directory /var/www/html/laravel/public>
     Options  -Indexes +Multiviews +FollowSymLinks
        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
     AllowOverride All
     Allow from all
</Directory>

-- Uncomment Line 996 :

NameVirtualHost *:80

-- Add this Line at the End of the File :

RewriteEngine on

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/10.100.97.38.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

  # Admin email, Server Name (domain name) and any aliases
  ServerAdmin techsupport@domain.com
  ServerName 10.100.97.38


  # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
  DirectoryIndex index.php
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html


  # Custom log file locations
  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog  /logs/10.100.97.38-error_log
  SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.(jpg|xml|png|gif|ico|js|css|swf|js?.|css?.)$" DontLog
  CustomLog /logs/10.100.97.38-access_log combined Env=!DontLog

</VirtualHost>

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/laravel.domain.com.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

  # Admin email, Server Name (domain name) and any aliases
  ServerAdmin techsupport@domain.com
  ServerName laravel.domain.com
  ServerAlias www.laravel.domain.com


  # Index file and Document Root (where the public files are located)
  DirectoryIndex index.php
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/laravel/public


  # Custom log file locations
  LogLevel warn
  ErrorLog  /logs/laravel.domain.com-error_log
  SetEnvIf Request_URI "\.(jpg|xml|png|gif|ico|js|css|swf|js?.|css?.)$" DontLog
  CustomLog /logs/laravel.domain.com-access_log combined Env=!DontLog

</VirtualHost>

-- Save & Quit (:wq)

# mkdir /logs

Step: 15. Start Apache Server :

# service httpd restart
# chkconfig httpd on

http://laravel.domain.com


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