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A Laravel project on your own dev server in 10 minutes.

From the opened instance to a running Laravel page with database, Redis and Mailpit. Creating the project took us a little over a minute; the rest is clicking.

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02Guide

What you need

  • An Envbay instance (the Starter plan is enough for the Laravel template). How to order is on the pricing page.
  • A browser. For the last step VS Code with the “Remote - SSH” extension and an SSH key.

03Guide

Step by step

  1. 01

    Open your instance

    Sign in at my.envbay.com, open your instance under “Instances” and have the password shown. Click “Open instance” and sign in as admin. Then change the start password.

    https://envoryx.<customer>.envbay.dev
  2. 02

    New project

    Click “New project” and choose the Laravel template. Give it a name, for example shop.

  3. 03

    Pick the stack

    Choose the PHP version, Caddy as the web server and MariaDB as the database. Enable Redis and Mailpit under services.

  4. 04

    Create the project

    Click “Create project”. Envoryx pulls the PHP image and runs composer create-project. In our test this took a little over a minute, and the migrations ran along.

  5. 05

    Open the page

    Open your project’s address. You see the Laravel start page, over HTTPS with a valid certificate.

    https://shop.<customer>.envbay.dev
  6. 06

    Check the environment values

    The template sets the connection values for the services. With your own repository, check in your .env that they read like this:

    DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=database
REDIS_HOST=redis
MAIL_HOST=mailpit
  7. 07

    Test mail

    Your application’s mail lands in Mailpit instead of with real recipients. You open Mailpit from the project’s services.

04Guide

Work in your IDE

  1. 01

    Add your SSH key

    In your instance, add your public key under “Settings → SSH keys”. If you have none, create one with ssh-keygen -t ed25519.

  2. 02

    Read the port

    Host and port of the SSH gateway are on the service page at my.envbay.com in the “SSH gateway” field.

  3. 03

    Connect

    In VS Code choose “Remote-SSH: Connect to Host…” and enter user and host. Then open the folder /var/www/html, which is your project.

    shop@ssh.<customer>.envbay.dev

The project must be running for the SSH connection to work. More details and the JetBrains settings are in the manual under “SSH and ports”.

05Guide

What next?

  • Import your own repository instead of a template: manual, chapter “Set up a project”.
  • Everyday work with restart, logs, terminal and database browser: manual, chapter “Working day to day”.
  • Feature branches in their own environments: Team and Agency plans.
Plans at a glance
StarterTeamAgency
Price per month (incl. VAT)€12€29€59
Projects31025
Users1515
Storage20 GB50 GB100 GB
RuntimesPHP, Node, Python, staticall availableall available
Branch environmentsnoyesyes

Beta: the first 6 months cost half the price. Annual payment equals 10 monthly prices. incl. 19% VAT.

See pricing

05FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Q.01Are the ten minutes realistic?
Creating the Laravel template with MariaDB, Redis and Mailpit took us a little over a minute. After ordering, the instance itself is usually set up within minutes. The total depends on how familiar you are with the steps.
Q.02Is the Starter plan enough?
For the Laravel template, yes. Large frontend builds can run tight with 2 GB of memory; Team is better then.
Q.03Can I use my repository instead of the template?
Yes, choose “Git repository” when creating. For private repositories, add your instance’s deploy key first.

06Guides

Try it yourself.

Pick a plan, order, open your instance. Prices include 19% VAT.

See pricingRead the manual