**Course Title:** Mastering Laravel Framework: Building Scalable Modern Web Applications **Section Title:** Version Control, Deployment, and CI/CD **Topic:** Deploy a Laravel application to a cloud platform using Git and set up continuous integration using GitHub Actions.(Lab topic) **Objective:** By the end of this topic, you will be able to deploy a Laravel application to a cloud platform using Git and set up continuous integration using GitHub Actions. You will understand the importance of version control, deployment, and continuous integration in modern web development. **Prerequisites:** - Familiarity with Git and GitHub - Basic understanding of Laravel and its ecosystem - Completion of previous topics in the course **Materials:** * Laravel application (using the project created in the previous topics) * Git * GitHub * GitHub Actions * DigitalOcean or AWS cloud platform **Step 1: Setting up Git and GitHub** * Install Git on your local machine if you haven't already. You can download it from the official Git website: <https://git-scm.com/downloads> * Create a new GitHub account if you haven't already. You can sign up for a free account on the GitHub website: <https://github.com/> * Initialize a new Git repository in your Laravel project using the command `git init` * Add all files in your project to the Git repository using the command `git add .` * Commit your changes using the command `git commit -m "Initial commit"` **Step 2: Setting up Continuous Integration using GitHub Actions** * Create a new file in your project's root directory called `.github/workflows/deploy.yml` * Add the following YAML code to the file: ```yaml name: Deploy to DigitalOcean on: push: branches: - main jobs: deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout code uses: actions/checkout@v2 - name: Login to DigitalOcean uses: digitalocean/docker-action@v1 with: token: ${{ secrets.DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN }} - name: Build and deploy run: | composer install php artisan build php artisan migrate php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=80 curl -X POST \ https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account/token \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"username": "your_username", "password": "your_password"}' curl -X POST \ https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account/tokens \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"token": "your_token", "expires_at": "your_expires_at"}' curl -X POST \ https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"name": "your_droplet_name", "size": "your_droplet_size", "region": "your_droplet_region", "image": "your_droplet_image", "region_id": "your_droplet_region_id", "size_id": "your_droplet_size_id", "vpc_id": "your_droplet_vpc_id", "vpc_cidr": "your_droplet_vpc_cidr", "ssh_keys": ["your_ssh_key"]}' ``` * Replace the placeholders with your actual DigitalOcean credentials and droplet details. * Save the file and commit the changes using the command `git add .` and `git commit -m "Added deploy workflow"` **Step 3: Deploying to DigitalOcean** * Create a new file in your project's root directory called `.env` * Add the following environment variables to the file: ``` DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN=your_token DIGITALOCEAN_USERNAME=your_username DIGITALOCEAN_PASSWORD=your_password ``` * Replace the placeholders with your actual DigitalOcean credentials. * Save the file and commit the changes using the command `git add .` and `git commit -m "Added environment variables"` **Step 4: Running the Deployment Workflow** * Push your changes to the `main` branch on GitHub * The GitHub Actions workflow will automatically deploy your Laravel application to DigitalOcean **Practical Takeaways:** * Version control is essential for managing changes to your codebase * Continuous integration using GitHub Actions can automate the deployment process * DigitalOcean provides a simple and affordable way to deploy your Laravel application to the cloud **Key Concepts:** * Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration * Continuous integration using GitHub Actions * DigitalOcean for cloud deployment **Questions and Comments:** Please leave a comment or ask for help if you have any questions or need further clarification on any of the steps.