Ask it to make a full Laracasts series on itself #inception 🙃

Quick PSA. Be very, very careful if you intend to install this on your primary machine.

Ideally, opt for a dedicated old laptop or VPS.

Hey Laracasts community! 👋

I've been learning from Jeffrey's videos for years, and I wanted to share my first open source project with you all.

What is Dockavel?

A production-ready Docker stack for Laravel that handles deployment, SSL, and security automatically.

Why I Built It

After deploying Laravel apps for ~10 years, I got tired of repeating the same setup for every project:

• Docker Compose configuration
• Nginx and SSL setup
• Server hardening (Fail2Ban, firewall, SSH)
• Deployment scripts
• Backup automation

So I built a stack that does it all with one command.

Features

Deployment:

• One-command setup for development and production
• Zero-downtime deployments
• Automated health checks

SSL & Security:

• Automatic SSL certificates (Let's Encrypt + Cloudflare)
• Server hardening script (Fail2Ban, UFW, SSH)
• Smart Cloudflare proxy detection

Stack:

• Laravel 12+ with all optimizations
• PHP 8.4-FPM
• MySQL 8.0
• Redis 7.0
• Laravel Horizon
• Nginx reverse proxy

Operations:

• Automated database backups with retention
• Log management
• Email notifications
• Easy restoration

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/mg2k4/Dockavel.git
cd Dockavel
./scripts/deploy.sh dev

For production:

./scripts/server-setup.sh  # First time
./scripts/deploy.sh prod

Links

📚 Documentation: https://dockavel.com
📦 GitHub: https://github.com/mg2k4/Dockavel

Feedback Welcome

This is my first open-source project, so I'd really appreciate any feedback from this community!

What features would you like to see? What could be improved?

Free and MIT licensed. 🚀

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P.S. - If you've struggled with Laravel deployment before, I'd love to hear about your pain points. Always looking to improve!

The Intro is super-cool.

literally feels like i am watching trailer of upcoming thriller movie 😎

I am excited to follow along the series