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Laravel documentation keep suggesting laravel forge . Just wondering , if I really need it ? I am having a VPS on digital ocean and will have 3 domains running laravel applications. I am using cpanel to manage the server. Do I still need cpanel if I use forge ? Any suggestions ?
Personally I use ploi which is an alternative to forge. Could I do without it? Yes. I can set up a server myself and issue a certificate. And set up backup. And create a deploy script. And set up supervisor. And switch php versions if needed.
But as ploi does all of this and more with a click of a button, it just saves me soo much time
@Sinnbeck So I will still need cpanel ?
@FounderStartup oh no I don't use cpanel (never have). I use the ploi website for most of my server work. And the few things I cannot do there, I do by logging on to the server with ssh
They have a free tier if you want to test it out first https://ploi.io/pricing
@Sinnbeck Sure will check.
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