This should provide everything you need to know
https://scotch.io/tutorials/deploying-laravel-to-digitalocean
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I'm deploying my laravel project for the first time, its not really an actual website that I'm gonna build up and maintain, its just a school project that I need to deploy for presentation purposes. I posted 2 weeks ago and someone recommended digitalocean hosting with the lowest pricing of 5$. I don't have any experience in deploying a project, so I'm asking for further advice and recommendations before I make my purchase.
My project has 1 database, it has download and upload feature. I'm just putting this here cuz this might be a relevant information.
I tried searching for some tutorials but it's kinda overwhelming because there's a lot of stuff that is happening and some choices to make like in digitalocean there's a selection that includes LEMP and LAMP. So I'm asking for some advice because I want to make some things clear first before I make a purchase.
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