Level 61
Sail is just first party docker image. If that is useful for you then you can use it on production.
Feb 16, 2021
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Level 9
Sail for Production Server?
Can Laravel Sail be used for production, or is its intent just for a local environment? I plan to use Docker for both local and production. I've already built stuff with Docker without using Sail - wondering if there is an advantage to Sail and if it can be used for both?
Level 39
Why not. You have the advantage of docker.
One used case I have, a central server (not on sail) and api clients (on sails) , all on Laravel.
My clients did some calculations (with local & central data) and my server is used to manage the clients and store historical data. Using sail for my clients make my task easy to deploy them where I want very quickly, even on a laptop.
Level 9
https://laracasts.com/series/whats-new-in-laravel-8/episodes/12
Looks like some of the things on this hint that its not such a hot idea. Sounds like it doesn't use a webserver like Apache, it just relies on php artisan serve.
Level 39
Right, and php artisans serve relies on https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php
It is not intended to be a full-featured web server. It should not be used on a public network.
I have not pay attention to this before.
That said
-1- It's not a pb in my used case, so it depends to the usage of every one
-2- You can put apache in docker and probably have your work with it (I never did it till now)
Level 3
Use Laradock: https://github.com/laradock/laradock
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Level 1
In the Laravel documentation it says that Sail is for a development environment, the best option for production environments is to use Laradock.
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Level 7
im using sail in my prod but im not using php artisan serve.. instead im using octane
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