Install Packages:

apt-get install software-properties-common
apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8
add-apt-repository -y 'deb [arch=amd64,i386,ppc64el] http://mirrors.coreix.net/mariadb/repo/10.3/ubuntu xenial main'
add-apt-repository -y 'ppa:ondrej/php'
add-apt-repository -y 'ppa:ondrej/nginx'
add-apt-repository -y ppa:certbot/certbot
apt-get update
apt-get -y install gcc curl gzip sqlite3 git tar software-properties-common nginx php7.2-fpm php7.2-xml php7.2-bz2  php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql php7.2-intl php7.2-bcmath php7.2-gd php7.2-curl php7.2-soap php7.2-mbstring python-certbot-nginx composer mariadb-server
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Optional Package for Image Optimization

These are used by Laravel Media Library package. So if you're using that, install these.

apt-get -y install jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle

Configure PHP

sed -i 's/upload_max_filesize = 2M/upload_max_filesize = 100M/g' /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
sed -i 's/max_execution_time = 30/max_execution_time = 600/g' /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
sed -i 's/max_input_time = 60/max_input_time = 600/g' /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
sed -i 's/post_max_size = 8M/post_max_size = 120M/g' /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
sed -i 's/memory_limit = 128M/memory_limit = 512M/g' /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
service php7.2-fpm restart
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Clone git repo

git clone https://github.com/AfzalH/lara-server.git

Create a site: Enter domain

cd lara-server
echo 'Enter Site Domain [site.com]:' && read site_com

...And Change config

cp nginx/srizon.com /etc/nginx/sites-available/$site_com
sed -i "s/srizon.com/${site_com}/g" /etc/nginx/sites-available/$site_com
mkdir /var/www/$site_com
mkdir /var/www/$site_com/public
touch /var/www/$site_com/public/index.php
ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/$site_com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/$site_com
service nginx reload

Edit to test out

nano /var/www/$site_com/public/index.php

Clear document root

rm -rf /var/www/$site_com/public

Move to document root to clone laravel project

cd /var/www/$site_com

Now clone your project. Create database and connect on .env

Creating database

replace dbname, username and password before copy-pasting

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO username@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
exit;

https

certbot --nginx