How to Install Laravel via HestiaCP

Prerequisites

Before installing Laravel, make sure you have:

SSH access to your VPS
PHP 8.0+ installed
Composer installed
A domain added in HestiaCP

Step 1: Install Composer

ssh hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

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

Step 2: Install Laravel

cd /home/admin/web/example.com/public_html

Via Composer create-project:

composer create-project laravel/laravel .

Step 3: Set Permissions

chown -R admin:www-data .
chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
chmod -R 775 public

Step 4: Configure Environment

cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

Edit .env with your database credentials:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel_db
DB_USERNAME=laravel_user
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

Step 5: Create Database in HestiaCP

Go to HestiaCP → DB → Add Database.

Step 6: Run Migrations

php artisan migrate

Step 7: Configure Web Server for Laravel

In HestiaCP, edit domain → Advanced Options:

Web Template: Select or create Laravel-friendly template
Document Root: /public

Or manually edit Nginx/Apache config to point to /public directory.

Step 8: Set Up Queue Worker (Optional)

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/laravel-queue.service

Add:

[Unit]
Description=Laravel Queue Worker

[Service]
User=admin
Group=www-data
WorkingDirectory=/home/admin/web/example.com/public_html
ExecStart=/usr/bin/php artisan queue:work --sleep=3 --tries=3
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable and start:

sudo systemctl enable laravel-queue
sudo systemctl start laravel-queue

Step 9: Set Up Cron for Laravel Scheduler

crontab -e