What is Laravel?
Laravel is a free, open-source PHP framework used to develop and manage web applications. PHP is one of the most utilized programming languages worldwide, making Laravel the perfect choice for many website and web application developers. Laravel is very well-known for its ability to handle and work under very heavy server loads, making it the ideal option for smaller as well as more demanding projects.
What you get with a Laravel VPS
MVC architecture
Built-in authentication
Artisan CLI, Eloquent ORM
Security tools
Task scheduling and queues
Easy package integrations
Initial Setup
When you purchase a server with Laravel, everything will be automatically configured for you so that you can just log in and start using the framework. Laravel is installed as a part of the LEMP stack so that you don’t have to spend time installing additional components.
To verify that Laravel has been installed, you can navigate to http://YOUR_SERVER_IP/:80, making sure to replace YOUR_SERVER_IP with your actual server’s address. By default, a project will be created for you in the /var/www/laravel_app directory. Laravel doesn’t have an interface, so you won’t be able to see any input when visiting the page. As part of the LEMP stack, you will also get MariaDB, the credentials for which can be found in /root/mysql_credentials.txt.
Useful resources
How to manage a server with Laravel
How to keep the LEMP stack up to date
