Laravel

To run apps based on the Laravel framework using Unit:

1. Install Unit with a PHP language module.

2. Install and configure Laravel’s prerequisites.

3. Create a Laravel project. For our purposes, the path is /path/to/app/:

   $ cd /path/to/ #Path where the application directory will be created; use a real path in your configuration
   

   $ composer create-project laravel/laravel `app` #Arbitrary app name; becomes the application directory name
   

4. Change ownership:

   Run the following command (as root) so Unit can access the application directory (If the application uses several directories, run the command for each one):

   # chown -R unit:unit /path/to/app/  # User and group that Unit's router runs as by default
      

   Note:
   The unit:unit user-group pair is available only with official packages , Docker images, and some third-party repos. Otherwise, account names may differ; run the ps aux | grep unitd command to be sure.

   For further details, including permissions, see the security checklist.

   Note:
   See the Laravel docs for further details on directory structure.

5. Next, prepare the Laravel configuration for Unit (use real values for share and root):

   {
      "listeners": {
         "*:80": {
            "pass": "routes"
         }
      },
      "routes": [
         {
            "match": {
            "uri": "!/index.php",
            "uri_comment": "Denies access to index.php as a static file"
            },
            "action": {
            "share": "/path/to/app/public$uri",
            "share_comment": "Serves static files",
            "fallback": {
               "pass": "applications/laravel",
               "pass_comment": "Uses the index.php at the root as the last resort"
            }
            }
         }
      ],
      "applications": {
         "laravel": {
            "type": "php",
            "root": "/path/to/app/public/",
            "root_comment": "Path to the application directory; use a real path in your configuration",
            "script": "index.php",
            "script_comment": "All requests are handled by a single script"
         }
      }
   }
   

6. Upload the updated configuration.

   Assuming the JSON above was added to config.json. Run the following command as root:

   # curl -X PUT --data-binary @config.json --unix-socket \
         /path/to/control.unit.sock \  # Path to Unit's control socket in your installation
         http://localhost/config/      # Path to the config section in Unit's control API
      

   Note:
   The control socket path may vary; run unitd -h or see Startup and shutdown for details.

   After a successful update, browse to http://localhost and set up your Laravel application: