App deployment

Are u using Laravel Forge? Otherwise just upload your APP to your Server and make sure your .htaccess points to the /public Directory.

http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/installation#pretty-urls

Or on the third you could make your down Forge with an automatic Git Deployment.

will i have to use php artisan serve command via SSH?

Justin Ellingwood at DigitalOcean wrote a good tutorial on basic server setup:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-laravel-with-an-nginx-web-server-on-ubuntu-14-04

Just update the Laravel install for 5.1 and have a look through comments at the bottom for some further ideas.

What do you mean by deploy? Do you want to auto deploy via git pushes or just installing Laravel via files?

I have laravel application ready on local server, i want to take it online on shared hosting service via cpanel. Is there any step by step instructions? i am not familiar with forge or GIT, is there any way i can take my laravel site/app online without knowledge of those things?

Just upload your APP to your Server with your cPanel FTP ? If you dont know how to upload something to a server, then learn first the basics ..

Of course i know how to upload, So then i just go to ssh and provide php artisan serve right?

apparently not. Why should you do php artisan serve on your Server? With php artisan serve you start the build in webserver.

Just upload your app to your FTP and let the server points to the /public directory as described in the Docs.

What did you tried so far?

Use a web server software to serve the files, not built-in PHP server via artisan serve...

Learn about hosting websites on Linux with Apache/Nginx/Litespeed/etc first.

It is simple bro. Just upload files.. Add new database.. Update environment variables.. And it should work if there is no special server requirements of your code.