Laravel on Nginx

The following Laravel install and setup instructions are derived from the community forum thread. This guide covers proper installation and Nginx vhost configuration for Centmin Mod. For further Laravel usage beyond installation, refer to the official Laravel documentation.

Use centmin.sh menu option 2 to create a domain (e.g., newdomain1.com). This generates:

• Vhost config: /usr/local/nginx/conf/conf.d/newdomain1.com.conf
• Web root: /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/public
• Log directory: /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/log

Disable apc.enable_cli if you use APC Cache:

sed -i 's/apc.enable_cli=1/apc.enable_cli=0/' /etc/centminmod/php.d/apc.ini
fpmrestart
php -i | grep apc.enable_cli

Disable Zend OPcache CLI if enabled (usually disabled by default):

sed -i 's/opcache.enable_cli=1/opcache.enable_cli=0/' /etc/centminmod/php.d/zendopcache.ini
fpmrestart
php -i | grep opcache.enable_cli

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Verify Composer is working:

composer --help

Use Composer's create-project command. Change to the top-level directory of your vhost, then create the project:

cd /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com
composer create-project laravel/laravel myprojectname --prefer-dist

Your Laravel project ends up at /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/myprojectname.

chown -R nginx:nginx /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/myprojectname
chmod -R 0770 /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/myprojectname/storage

Verify the installed Laravel version:

cd /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/myprojectname
php artisan -V

For Centmin Mod .08 beta and higher, edit /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf (use shortcut phpinc) and comment out the open_basedir line to allow Laravel to access project files:

#fastcgi_param PHP_ADMIN_VALUE open_basedir=$document_root/:/usr/local/lib/php/:/tmp/;

Edit the vhost config at /usr/local/nginx/conf/conf.d/newdomain1.com.conf. The key changes are the custom root path pointing to Laravel's public directory and the try_files directive:

server {
  server_name newdomain1.com www.newdomain1.com;

  access_log /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/log/access.log combined buffer=256k flush=5m;
  error_log /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/log/error.log;

  root /home/nginx/domains/newdomain1.com/myprojectname/public;

  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
  }

  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/staticfiles.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/php.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/drop.conf;
  #include /usr/local/nginx/conf/errorpage.conf;
  include /usr/local/nginx/conf/vts_server.conf;
}

Restart both Nginx and PHP-FPM using the command shortcut:

nprestart

Or restart individually: ngxrestart for Nginx, fpmrestart for PHP-FPM.

Open newdomain1.com in your browser to see the Laravel default placeholder page.