Here you’ll learn how to create your own VPS.

Install and prepare a PHP with Laravel Framework

• First, install LAMP lastest using taskel. You can find a tutorial here.

  sudo apt-get install php-mcrypt php-gd php-mbstring php7.0-pgsql
  

• Second, install Laravel framework:

  curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
  sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer
  

• Third, Create or Choose a file directory where is your public files and project:

  mkdir /path/dir/your_website
  cd /path/dir/your_website
  

• Fourth, here clone a laravel project from:

  git clone https://github.com/laravel/laravel.git
  

• Fifth, copy all files from /path/dir/your_website/laravel:

  mv laravel/* .
  mv laravel/.* .
  

• Sixth, remove laravel directory:

  rm -rf laravel
  

• Seventh, go to your workdirectory and install php components with:

  composer install
  

• Eighth, create a .env file and key:

  touch .env
  php artisan key:generate
  

  Then, add this line on your .env file:

  APP_KEY=base64:wOYfq4yBb3OXt44asc54bOv4y71LHP0BQGn28D+5js=
  

• Ninth, assign permission to access:

  sudo chmod 777 -R /path/dir/your_website
  sudo chown -hR $USER:$USER /path/dir/your_website
  

Adding with Apache

• Tenth, create a file your_website.conf for your website:

  sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_website.conf
  

  Add these lines:

  <VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@localhost
    DocumentRoot /path/dir/your_website/public/
    ServerName your_website.com
    #ServerAlias www.your_domain.com
    <Directory /path/dir/your_website/>
      #Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
      #Order allow,deny
      allow from all
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your_domain.com-error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/your_domain.com-access_log common
  </VirtualHost>
  

  And modifiy in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:

  <Directory /path/dir/your_website>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
  </Directory>
  

• Eleventh, enable the site and restart service:

  sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
  sudo a2ensite your_website.conf
  sudo service apache2 reload
  sudo a2enmod rewrite
  sudo service apache2 restart
  

• Twelfth, if you would like to run in local, go to your workdirectory and run the service (by default, run in port 8000):

  sudo php artisan serve --port 80
  php artisan serve