How to Install Laravel PHP Framework on Oracle Linux 8

Laravel is a free and open-source PHP framework designed for easy website development. It uses various Symfony components to make PHP web development easier. Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax to take the pain out of web development by simplifying some common tasks including authentication, routing, sessions, and caching. Laravel is robust, easy to understand, and provides a set of tools and resources to build modern PHP applications.

In this post, we will show you how to install Laravel PHP Framework on Oracle Linux 8.

Step 1 – Install LEMP Stack

Before starting, you will need to install the LAMP server on your server. First, install Nginx and MariaDB server with the following command:

dnf update -y

dnf install nginx mariadb-server -y

After installing both packages, you will also need to install PHP version 8.0 and other required extensions. By default, PHP 8.0 is not included in the Oracle Linux default repo, so you will need to install the PHP REMI repository on your system.

First, install the EPEL and REMI package with the following command:

dnf install epel-release -y
dnf install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm

Next, reset the PHP default module and enable the PHP REMI 8.0 module with the following command:

dnf module reset php
dnf module enable php:remi-8.0

Finally, install PHP 8.0 with all required extensions using the following command:

dnf install php php-fpm php-common php-xml php-mbstring php-json php-zip php-mysqlnd curl unzip -y

Once all the packages are installed, start and enable the Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP-FPM services using the following command:

systemctl start php-fpm nginx mariadb
systemctl enable php-fpm nginx mariadb

Next, you will need to edit the PHP-FPM configuration file and change the user and group from apache to Nginx.

nano /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

Change the following lines:

listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx

Save and close the file, then edit the php.ini file:

nano /etc/php.ini

Change the following lines:

date.timezone = UTC
cgi.fix_pathinfo=1

Save and close the file, then restart the PHP-FPM service to apply the changes.

systemctl restart php-fpm

Also Read

How to Install LEMP Server on Oracle Linux 8

Step 2 – Install PHP Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP used to install various PHP dependencies required for your project. You can install it using the following command:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

You should get the following output:

All settings correct for using Composer
Downloading...

Composer (version 2.3.5) successfully installed to: /root/opencart/composer.phar
Use it: php composer.phar

Next, move the downloaded binary to the system path and set proper permissions:

mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

Now, verify the Composer version with the following command:

composer --version

You should get the following output:

Composer version 2.3.5 2022-04-13 16:43:00

Also Read

How to Install and Use Composer in Linux

Step 3 – Install Laravel Framework on Oracle Linux 8

First, navigate to the Nginx web root directory and download the latest version of Laravel using the following command:

cd /var/www/html/
composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravelsite

You should get the following output:

> @php artisan package:discover --ansi
Discovered Package: laravel/sail
Discovered Package: laravel/sanctum
Discovered Package: laravel/tinker
Discovered Package: nesbot/carbon
Discovered Package: nunomaduro/collision
Discovered Package: spatie/laravel-ignition
Package manifest generated successfully.
78 packages you are using are looking for funding.
Use the `composer fund` command to find out more!
> @php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-assets --ansi --force
No publishable resources for tag [laravel-assets].
Publishing complete.
> @php artisan key:generate --ansi
Application key set successfully.

Next, set proper permissions and ownership to laravel directories:

chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/laravelsite/storage/
chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/laravelsite/bootstrap/cache/
chmod -R 0777 /var/www/html/laravelsite/storage/
chmod -R 0775 /var/www/html/laravelsite/bootstrap/cache/

Step 4 – Create an Nginx Virtual Host for Laravel

Now, you will need to create an Nginx virtual host configuration file to host Laravel on the internet.

You can create it using the following command:

nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/laravel.conf

Add the following lines:

server {
       listen 80;
       server_name laravel.example.com;
       root        /var/www/html/laravelsite/public;
       index       index.php;
       charset utf-8;
       gzip on;
	gzip_types text/css application/javascript text/javascript application/x-javascript  image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon;
        location / {
        	try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
        }

        location ~ \.php {
                include fastcgi.conf;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
        }
        location ~ /\.ht {
                deny all;
        }
}

Save and close the file, then edit the Nginx configuration file:

nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add the following line below http{:

server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;

Save and close the file, then verify Nginx for any syntax errors using the following command:

nginx -t

You should get the following output:

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

Finally, restart both Nginx and PHP-FPM services to apply the changes:

systemctl restart php-fpm
systemctl restart nginx

You can also verify the Nginx status using the following command:

systemctl status nginx

You should see the following output:

● nginx.service - The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
  Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service.d
           └─php-fpm.conf
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2022-05-18 23:07:14 EDT; 6s ago
  Process: 8451 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 8449 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 8445 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/rm -f /run/nginx.pid (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 8458 (nginx)
    Tasks: 3 (limit: 23694)
   Memory: 5.0M
   CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service
           ├─8458 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx
           ├─8459 nginx: worker process
           └─8460 nginx: worker process

May 18 23:07:13 oraclelinux systemd[1]: nginx.service: Succeeded.
May 18 23:07:13 oraclelinux systemd[1]: Stopped The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server.
May 18 23:07:13 oraclelinux systemd[1]: Starting The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server...
May 18 23:07:14 oraclelinux nginx[8449]: nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
May 18 23:07:14 oraclelinux nginx[8449]: nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
May 18 23:07:14 oraclelinux systemd[1]: Started The nginx HTTP and reverse proxy server.

Step 5 – Configure Firewall

If firewalld is installed and running on your server, then you will need to allow HTTP and HTTPS service through the firewall. You can allow both services using the following command:

firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http
firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https

Next, reload the firewalld to apply the changes:

firewall-cmd --reload

Step 6 – Access Laravel Web Interface

You can now access the Laravel dashboard using the URL http://laravel.example.com. You will be redirected to the Laravel default screen:

Conclusion

In this post, we explained how to install Laravel with Nginx on Oracle Linux 8. You can now use the Laravel framework to create high-performance and modern PHP web applications. Get started on dedicated hosting from Atlantic.Net.