Unable to deploy laravel app to IONOS shared hosting

@vincent15000 this one works for me thank you

@knached99 You don't have to modify the permissions, all is configured by IONOS.

I have read that you handle storage ? Do you have executed php artisan storage:link ?

Furthermore to point your domain to the public folder, you need to log in to your IONOS account, go to the domains list and you have a link to use the domain : by clicking on this link you will have the different choices on how to use the domain : point to a folder, point to an external IP address, ...

@vincent15000 I could not execute any php artisan commands, I keep getting this error:

(redacted)WEBSITE_NAME $ php artisan storage:link
Content-type: text/html

<br />
<b>Warning</b>:  Unexpected character in input:  '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in <b>/homepages/43/redacted/htdocs/WEBSITE_NAME/artisan</b> on line <b>33</b><br />
<br />
<b>Parse error</b>:  syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in <b>/homepages/43/redacted/htdocs/WEBSITE_NAME/artisan</b> on line <b>33</b><br />

On IONOS the php version is 8.2 which is fine. However when I ssh'd into their server and ran php -v, I got this:

(uiserver):REDACTED:~/WEBSITE_NAME $ php -v
PHP 4.4.9 (cgi-fcgi) (built: Mar 28 2023 09:06:52)
Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies

@acobrerosf @knached99 In which folder have you copied the project ?

I create a specific folder for each of my project in my personal folder (the one I am when I connect with SSH).

@acobrerosf Thank you, I'll def change it to 755 because the default from when I checked was 777.

@vincent15000 I did not copy the project into any specific folder from the default folders on IONOS shared hosting server. I basically took the github project folder from my local computer and copied all of them into the IONOS server.

@acobrerosf I'm not using a different public folder. It's the public folder that comes with laravel.. located within: website_name/public Do I have to rename it to public_html ? and what code do I have to put in the AppServiceProvider? And by the way, I could not run composer install at all within my project on the ionos server. It said command not found, despite the .composer folder being located within the project root directory.

@knached99 That's not the right way to do that.

I do this way :

• connect to IONOS with SSH

• retrieve the github project git clone ...

• cd myproject

• install composer https://getcomposer.org/download/ to install composer you need to use the php command with its full path /usr/bin/php8.1-cli and with the right version you need

• /usr/bin/php8.1-cli composer.phar install

• /usr/bin/php8.1-cli artisan key:generate

• /usr/bin/php8.1-cli artisan storage:link

@vincent15000 Let me try, I thought I had to get the IONOS Deploy now because my client has the IONOS shared hosting so I didn't know you get github access with it.

@knached99 No you don't have to do it, however some cheap servers usually force you to use a specific folder name, but if that is not the case it's ok.

Unfortunately I don't have experience with IONOS shared hosting specifically so can't tell what the issue could. However things to check usually when deploying is:

• .htaccess file
• Apache/Nginx config
• PHP version and extensions
• Server cache if any

If the php version running on ssh is not the same as the one configured in the panel you would probably need to find where the php8.1 file is located. If you run the command:

$ where php

It should tell where the current php4 version is located and hopefully the 8.1 version is somewhere around that folder.

@knached99 You can access github from all shared webhosting which allow you to connect with SSH.

@knached99 Don't forget to set the right PHP version for the domain / subdomain for your application. It's customizable from the IONOS configuration panel.

@vincent15000 I was able to successfully clone into the repo but when attempting to download composer from the link you gave me I got this error:

(uiserver):REDACTED:~/WEBSITE_NAME$ php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
Error in argument 1, char 2: option not found r
Usage: php [-q] [-h] [-s] [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] 
       php <file> [args...]
  -a               Run interactively
  -b <address:port>|<port> Bind Path for external FASTCGI Server mode
  -C               Do not chdir to the script's directory
  -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory
  -n               No php.ini file will be used
  -d foo[=bar]     Define INI entry foo with value 'bar'
  -e               Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
  -f <file>        Parse <file>.  Implies `-q'
  -h               This help
  -i               PHP information
  -l               Syntax check only (lint)
  -m               Show compiled in modules
  -q               Quiet-mode.  Suppress HTTP Header output.
  -s               Display colour syntax highlighted source.
  -v               Version number
  -w               Display source with stripped comments and whitespace.
  -z <file>        Load Zend extension <file>.
(uiserver):REDACTED:~/website_name$ php -r "if (hash_file('sha384', 'composer-setup.php') === 'e21205b207c3ff031906575712edab6f13eb0b361f2085f1f1237b7126d785e826a450292b6cfd1d64d92e6563bbde02') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
Error in argument 1, char 2: option not found r
Usage: php [-q] [-h] [-s] [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] 
       php <file> [args...]
  -a               Run interactively
  -b <address:port>|<port> Bind Path for external FASTCGI Server mode
  -C               Do not chdir to the script's directory
  -c <path>|<file> Look for php.ini file in this directory
  -n               No php.ini file will be used
  -d foo[=bar]     Define INI entry foo with value 'bar'
  -e               Generate extended information for debugger/profiler
  -f <file>        Parse <file>.  Implies `-q'
  -h               This help
  -i               PHP information
  -l               Syntax check only (lint)
  -m               Show compiled in modules
  -q               Quiet-mode.  Suppress HTTP Header output.
  -s               Display colour syntax highlighted source.
  -v               Version number
  -w               Display source with stripped comments and whitespace.
  -z <file>        Load Zend extension <file>.
(uiserver):REDACTED:~/website_name$ php composer-setup.php
Status: 404
Content-type: text/html

No input file specified.

@knached99 Sure ... you need to replace the php command by its full path /usr/bin/php8.1-cli (replace here the version by the version you need) and then it will work.

@knached99 Same remark when you will execute /usr/bin/php8.1-cli composer.phar install (don't forget .phar).

Same remark when you will execute /usr/bin/php8.1-cli artisan ....

@vincent15000 ohhh ok let me try that!

@vincent15000 My apologizes for the oversight, let me try that.

@knached99 Then you will need to set values to all the needed keys in the .env file. For example the database credentials which you have to retrieve from your IONOS account.

To do that you IONOS offers you only one possibility to edit files : vi.

@knached99 You have to edit the .env file, just have a look at my previous comment ;).

@knached99 You will also need to run /usr/bin/php8.1-cli artisan migrate.

@knached99 Have you checked if there is an app key in the .env file ?

@vincent15000 I was going to execute that but got a warning saying the site is in production.

@knached99 It's normal, type yes, it's just for the installation in production.

@vincent15000 I've confirmed that the env file has the app key but when I tried to migrate I got this error:

/usr/bin/php8.1-cli artisan migrate

                                                                                                                                           
                                                        APPLICATION IN PRODUCTION.                                                         
                                                                                                                                           

  Do you really wish to run this command? (yes/no) [no]
❯ yes


   Illuminate\Database\QueryException 

  SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory (Connection: mysql, SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = Hifz and table_name = migrations and table_type = 'BASE TABLE')

  at vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:795
    791▕         // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
    792▕         // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
    793▕         // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
    794▕         catch (Exception $e) {
  ➜ 795▕             throw new QueryException(
    796▕                 $this->getName(), $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
    797▕             );
    798▕         }
    799▕     }

      +38 vendor frames 

  39  artisan:37
      Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel::handle()

When I ran the same command but with fresh tacked on I got this error:

/usr/bin/php8.1-cli artisan migrate:fresh

                                                                                                                                           
                                                        APPLICATION IN PRODUCTION.                                                         
                                                                                                                                           

  Do you really wish to run this command? (yes/no) [no]
❯ yes


  Dropping all tables .......................................................................................................... 5ms FAIL

   Illuminate\Database\QueryException 

  SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] No such file or directory (Connection: mysql, SQL: SHOW FULL TABLES WHERE table_type = 'BASE TABLE')

  at vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:795
    791▕         // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
    792▕         // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
    793▕         // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
    794▕         catch (Exception $e) {
  ➜ 795▕             throw new QueryException(
    796▕                 $this->getName(), $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
    797▕             );
    798▕         }
    799▕     }

      +46 vendor frames 

  47  artisan:37
      Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel::handle()

@knached99 Have you created the .env file and set a value for each key related to the database ?

@vincent15000 Of course. I have it right here:

All information has been redacted:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=DB_CONNECTION_HOST
DB_PORT=DB_PORT
DB_DATABASE=DB_NAME
DB_USERNAME=DB_USER
DB_PASSWORD=DB_PWD

@knached99 No ... you have to put your own values.

Log in to your IONOS account, create a database and retrieve its credentials. Then write these credentials in the .env file.

DB_HOST should look like db...hosting-data.io
DB_PORT should be customize with the right port (3306 ?)
DB_DATABASE should start with dbs...
DB_USER should start with dbu...
DB_PASSWORD with your own password for the created database

I'm curious : where are you from ?

@vincent15000 Yes it is like that but I redacted that info from here.. This is what it looks like with sensitive data redacted:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=xxx.hosting-data.io
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=dbsxxxx
DB_USERNAME=dbuxxxx
DB_PASSWORD=xxxxxxx

@knached99 Now you should be able to run the migration.

@vincent15000 Yes that's the thing, I could not run the migration and this is what my DB configuration in the .env file looks like

@knached99 Check once more if you don't have any error in the values in the .env file. For some passwords, I need to write them between double quotes.

@vincent15000 I double checked. There was a whitespace in my app name which prevented it from executing and also the DB PWD was wrong so I changed it. The migrations and seeding ran but there is still a 403 error on my site. Where do I check to see if the site is pointing to the public folder or not? That is the only thing that could be causing this to not work.

@knached99 You need to go to your IONOS account and list the domains / subdomains. Foreach domain / subdomain, you have a link to define how to use it.

@vincent15000 I did check and the target is: /website_name so not sure how it knows where the public folder is?

@knached99 is the folder where you have cloned the application named website_name ? If it is the case, you need to point the domain to website_name/public.

@vincent15000 Yup I did that and getting sooo close!! I got this error now:

Illuminate
 \ 
Foundation
 \ 
ViteManifestNotFoundException
PHP 8.2.8
10.15.0
Vite manifest not found at: /homepages/43/d970947193/htdocs/WEBSITE_NAME/public/build/manifest.json

How can I install npm so that I can run npm run build in order to compile vite assets?

I'm using Laravel Breeze for the authentication scaffold which is why it needs to use vite

@knached99 In the local development environment, run npm run build, then add the build folder to git and push the code. Then on the production server, pull the code.

@vincent15000 Ahh ok will do!!

@vincent15000 when you say add the build folder to git you mean the .gitignore file?

@knached99 No. You need to upload the build folder to github.

You can simply type git add build/* in the console.

@knached99 Sorry it's public/build. Have a look at the public folder, you will see a new folder inside it : build with all needed files for production.

@knached99 Then you will perhaps have a last thing to do : update the .htaccess with the content I posted in my first comment at the beginning of this post. Effectively the default one suggested by Laravel doesn't work for me, I had to customize it and since I always use the same.

@knached99 git add public/build/* doesn't work ?

Perhaps git add public/build ?

@knached99 You need to run git add public/build from the root of the application folder.

@knached99 Happy to help ;).

Don't forget to close the post by assigning the best answer.

@knached99 For the remaining 500 errors, have you updated the .htaccess file ?

@waqassth Have you generated the APP_KEY ?

@vincent15000 Yes I generated But What I figured out its permission issue I tried different other projects to run but it's the same for all I uploaded a new file and on my local i was running it by php artisan serve and npm run dev command but unable to run npm commands on ionos server

@waqassth In production, you can't run npm run dev.

You can build the project locally with npm run build and send the public/build folder to production.

@vincent15000 I resolved my issues by .htaccess file Thanks for your response Here is the solution link https://docs.ionos.space/docs/apache-configuration-htaccess