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VPS 4GB Ram 2 Cores ( up to 2000 Users)
VPS 8GB Ram 4 Cores ( up to 5000 Users)
Dedicated Server 4-8 Cores 16GB Ram ( unlimited users)
SSD Storage 100GB ( if you use Amazon S3 to store files.)
Storage 1 TB or as per your demand - 1 user utilise 10MB space a month and in 1 year 1 user need 200MB space.
Choose OS of your choice both are fast and secure Ubuntu / CentOS
Import Extensions with PHP7.x OpenSSL, PDO, Mbstring, Tokenizer, JSON, CURL, Symlink, mod-rewrite.
LAMP, Apache + PHP 7.1 + phpMyAdmin + MySQL + Redis =
ROOT Access of your machine.
Just Beginning
VPS with 1 GB Ram any Core + some space
Install LAMP with MySql, phpMyAdmin, PHP7.x OpenSSL, PDO, Mbstring, Tokenizer, JSON, CURL, Symlink, mod-rewrite.
Shell/Root Access to install composer.
]]>STEP 1
log in to the server using root password using any SSH client like PUTTY.
Update server
apt update -y
Install APACHE + VIM + WGET + FTPserver
apt-get install apache2 vim wget vsftpd zip -y
You can see working Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page at http://68.232.175.197/
STEP 2
Install PHP7
--- below commands are to add php7 into Ubuntu 16 if you are using ubuntu 18 you may not need this you can skip to step 3---
apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties
add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
STEP 3
Install php7 and required extensions
apt-get install php7.2
apt-get install php-pear php7.2-curl php7.2-dev php7.2-mbstring php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml
You can check PHP Version by php -v
STEP 4
Install MySQL server you need to enter root Password for SQL make sure you note your password
apt-get install mysql-server -y
Enter the password for ROOT MYSQL user that you can use to login to PHPMYADMIN
STEP 5
Install phpMyAdmin
apt-get install phpmyadmin -y
-- You will see popup choose
apache2 in popup 1
select YES in popup 2
enter a password for phpmyadmin ( you can enter the same password you entered in step 4)/
confirm password and hit Enter.
-- PHPMyAdmin cannot be accessed by default you need to edit
vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
at the end of apache2.conf add below line ( at the end of the file)
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
NOW RESTART APACHE ( systemctl restart apache2 )
Now you can access phpmyadmin at http://68.232.175.197/phpmyadmin/
STEP 6
Enable Symblink , SSL mod rewrite .
edit 000-default.conf and make some changes as shown below.
vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Delete line Document root (line 12) it will be under email ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
and paste below code and then restart apache.
<Directory /var/www/html>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
------------ Enable SSL ------------
a2enmod ssl
-------- Enable modrewrite -------
a2enmod rewrite
--- Now restart apache ---
systemctl restart apache2
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You server is now ready to hostBookMyCab backend you can install this on ROOT and point your domain on your VPS.
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STEP 7
Create MYSQL User, Database.
Login to PHPMyAdmin at http://68.232.175.197/phpmyadmin/
You have to use your IP e.g http://your-ip/phpmyadmin
Login with user ROOT and password you created in step 5
After logging click on User Accounts
Click on Create New Account.
Fill the field select localhost for Host Name and choose a username and password
Check } Create a database with the same name and grant all privileges.
and CHECK ALL for Global privileges.
Click on Go -
We will use the same database details in installation.
Now in the next article, we will setup composer -
Go to INSTALL COMPOSER documentation
STEP 1
Run below command from root directort to Install the composer globally.
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
See if it works run command composer you will get composer welcome screen.
Composer version 1.7.2 2018-08-16 16:57:12
To update composer run
composer self-update
Now install backend.
Note: we will install in main domain i.e sourcecanyon.com
Note: I am using Plesk Web Admin SE - Paths may be different in your installation.
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Step 1 - Upload code to the server.
Use FTP or Inbuild file manager and upload backend to a server in zip file i.e bmc.zip
on vps got to root folder i.e cd/var/www/html -- and unzip bmc.zip
On Panel click on bmc.zip and extract make sure files .env in root i.e public_html / httpdocs
Step 2 - Setup .env file -
It is easy to understand and setup .env file - change things accordingly like
APP_URL=https://sourcecanyon.com ( make sure you have installed SSL -
DB_DATABASE, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD ( make sure you have already created the database)
You can fill other information like Google firebase key maps keys and redis if you use redis.
Step 3 - Run commands for composer and file permission.
Note we are: /var/www/vhosts/sourcecanyon.com/httpdocs/ so our root is httpdocs & we are in root ( httpdocs) run below commands.
C1- chmod 777 -R storage/
C2- chmod 777 -R public
C3- chmod 777 -R bootstrap
C4- composer install // it will Install composer
C4- php artisan key:generate
C5- php artisan migrate --seed
C6- php artisan passport:install ( it will install passport that you have to use in your Android apps/)
C7- php artisan storage:link ( this command is very complicated it depends which server you are using and which file path /storage folder and what are permission - which operating system you are using.
I suggest you search google or StackOverflow for an answer.
This command is to link /storage in / public folder where everything uploaded and stored after
running this command check /public folder you will see a folder will link icon which means your server is working fine. and if you see a file in public. named storage you need to fix.
Configuration for this function is filesystem in config/filesystem.php -
C8- Use AMAZON S3 instead of your own server //
Before running command C7 - edit config/filesystem.php and change storage type to S3 from LOCAL
at the bottom of file uncomment and add your Amazon S3 details . and run the command C7
C8- Change permission of OAuth keys that you have generated in C6 they are used to login and signup.
permission needs to be 644 -/ this file is stored in the storage folder you have to change permissions of 2 files
chmod 600 storage/oauth-public.key
chmod 600 storage/oauth-private.key
Now your system is ready to go.