How to prepare laravel 8 project for deployment

Hi all, I am a newbie to Laravel. I prepared my Laravel project properly in the local environment But when I go to upload it shared hosting my file size is too big I have checked so many tutorials, but the tutor's folder does not include even node module files So I need to know how to prepare the Laravel project for deployment without unnecessary files, please help me I am stuck with this whole day Thank you!

frankielee

4 years ago

Level 29

Are you using git? Can you access the server terminal? Probably just clone your project using git command

Edit: Just want to elaborate a bit

git ignore node_modules, vendor directory
execute npm build production command, commit and push the files.
clone the project at server
run composer install command, composer install --no-dev (excluding the development packages)
migrate the database.

or before step 4

run composer installs command, run all the test units and make sure they are running successfully.

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Sampa

4 years ago

Level 1

@frankielee Thank you so much. will try this way. But I didn't Use git repo

frankielee

4 years ago

Level 29

@Sampa You're welcomed.

Try to use version control, it is easier for the developer to track and manage his source codes.