ilyashtrikul · August 29, 2015 14:07 · Dec 17, 2013 · Dec 14, 2013 · Dec 6, 2013 · Dec 6, 2013
diff --git a/install.md b/install.md
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ When installing Ubuntu 12.04 you will get the version 5.3.x of php, and since th
 		
 Just remember that if we want to install mysql we should also install `php5-mysql` and any other required module.
 
+### note :
+Someone noted out there that you should edit your `php.ini` file and change the value of `cgi.fix_path`
+
+	sudo -s
+	nano /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
+
+change the value of `cgi.fix_path` from :
+
+	;cgi.fix_path = 1
+
+to
+
+	cgi.fix_path = 0
+
+
 ## installing composer
 Installing Composer is simple and easy, we download the `composer.phar` file then we copy it to the `bin` directory to make sure that we can use it globaly.
 

diff --git a/install.md b/install.md
@@ -1,69 +1,76 @@
 # Creating Your Laravel & nginx Server
 
-I will install Larave 4.0/4.1 with PHP5.5 & Latest nginx on Ubuntu 12.04.3 x64.
+We will install Larave 4.1 with PHP5.5 & Latest nginx on Ubuntu 12.04.3 x64.
 
 ## updating your system
 
-		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
-		adduser [username]
-		usermod -aG sudo [username]
-		apt-get -y install git
+	apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+	adduser [username]
+	usermod -aG sudo [username]
+	apt-get -y install git
 
-Now you will have to logout then you need to login using the user you create
+Now we need to logout and login using the user which we have created
 
-		git config --global user.name "your name"
-		git config --global user.email [email protected]
+	git config --global user.name "your name"
+	git config --global user.email [email protected]
 		
 ## installing latest nginx version
+Ubuntu 12.04 does not include the latest stable version of nginx, thats why we need to add the repository from the nginx website
 
-		sudo -s
-		nginx=stable
-		apt-get -y install python-software-properties
-		add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/$nginx
-		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
-		apt-get -y install nginx
-		service nginx start
-		exit
+	sudo -s
+	nginx=stable
+	apt-get -y install python-software-properties
+	add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/$nginx
+	apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+	apt-get -y install nginx
+	service nginx start
+	exit
 
 ## installing php5.5
+When installing Ubuntu 12.04 you will get the version 5.3.x of php, and since the latest version is 5.5.x, we need to add an external repository to make sure we get the latest version of php.
 
-		sudo -s
-		add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
-		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
-		apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache php5-curl
+	sudo -s
+	add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
+	apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+	apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache php5-curl php5-json
 		
-Just remember that if you want to install mysql you should also install `php5-mysql` and any other required module.
+Just remember that if we want to install mysql we should also install `php5-mysql` and any other required module.
 
 ## installing composer
+Installing Composer is simple and easy, we download the `composer.phar` file then we copy it to the `bin` directory to make sure that we can use it globaly.
 
-		curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
-		sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+	curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
+	sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
 
-## installing laravel
-
-		sudo -s
-		cd /var
-		mkdir www
-		chown -R [username]:[username] www
-		exit
-		cd www && composer create-project laravel/laravel
-		
-But if you like to install Laravel 4.1, you can do like :
+From time to time we need to make sure that we have the latest version of `composer` so we issue the command:
 
-		cd www & composer create-project laravel/laravel:dev-develop
+	sudo composer self-update
 
-I will just change the owner of the storage directory to be the web server, or you can just make it writable for all users, I like changing the ownership ..
+## installing laravel
+Now that we have installed `composer` we can use it to install laravel in a dirctory of our choice, commenly used `/var/www` , most severs by default does not have it if they dont have `apache` installed by default .
+
+	sudo -s
+	cd /var
+	mkdir www
+	chown -R [username]:[username] www
+	exit
+	cd www && composer create-project laravel/laravel
+
+
+We will just change the owner of the storage directory to be the web server, or we can just make it writable for all users, I like changing the ownership ..
 
-		chown -R www-data:www-data laravel/app/storage
+	chown -R www-data:www-data laravel/app/storage
 
 ## configure nginx for laravel
+Now that we have everything we need, we still have one last step, which is to configure `nginx` so that it will serve our site.
 
-		sudo -s
-		cd /etc/nginx/sites-avaliable
-		rm default
-		nano default
+	sudo -s
+	cd /etc/nginx/sites-avaliable
+	# if you didnt find this directory, try to check `/etc/nginx/conf.d/`
+	rm default
+	nano default
 
-then you have to paste this and edit it as you need
+then we have to paste this and edit it as we need
 
 ~~~~~~~~
 server {
@@ -119,13 +126,13 @@ server {
 }
 ~~~~~~~~
 
-## final small steps:
+## final steps:
 
 I like to have a link to my Laravel installation under my home directory so :
 
 		$ ln -s /var/www/laravel www
 
-Finally i restart nginx or you can just reboot your VPS.
+Finally we restart nginx or we can just reboot your VPS.
 
 		sudo service nginx restart
 
diff --git a/install.md b/install.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Now you will have to logout then you need to login using the user you create
 		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
 		apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache php5-curl
 		
-Just rememeber that if you want to install mysql you should also install `php5-mysql` and any other required module.
+Just remember that if you want to install mysql you should also install `php5-mysql` and any other required module.
 
 ## installing composer
 

diff --git a/install.md b/install.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Now you will have to logout then you need to login using the user you create
 		add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
 		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
 		apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache php5-curl
+		
+Just rememeber that if you want to install mysql you should also install `php5-mysql` and any other required module.
 
 ## installing composer
 

diff --git a/install.md b/install.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Now you will have to logout then you need to login using the user you create
 		sudo -s
 		add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
 		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
-		apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache
+		apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache php5-curl
 
 ## installing composer
 

diff --git a/install.md b/install.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Creating Your Laravel & nginx Server
 
+I will install Larave 4.0/4.1 with PHP5.5 & Latest nginx on Ubuntu 12.04.3 x64.
+
 ## updating your system
 
 		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

diff --git a/install.txt → install.md b/install.txt → install.md
diff --git a/install.txt b/install.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# Creating Your Laravel & nginx Server
+
+## updating your system
+
+		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+		adduser [username]
+		usermod -aG sudo [username]
+		apt-get -y install git
+
+Now you will have to logout then you need to login using the user you create
+
+		git config --global user.name "your name"
+		git config --global user.email [email protected]
+
+## installing latest nginx version
+
+		sudo -s
+		nginx=stable
+		apt-get -y install python-software-properties
+		add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/$nginx
+		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+		apt-get -y install nginx
+		service nginx start
+		exit
+
+## installing php5.5
+
+		sudo -s
+		add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5
+		apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
+		apt-get -y install php5-fpm php5-mcrypt php5-sqlite sqlite php5-cli php5-xcache
+
+## installing composer
+
+		curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
+		sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+
+## installing laravel
+
+		sudo -s
+		cd /var
+		mkdir www
+		chown -R [username]:[username] www
+		exit
+		cd www && composer create-project laravel/laravel
+
+But if you like to install Laravel 4.1, you can do like :
+
+		cd www & composer create-project laravel/laravel:dev-develop
+
+I will just change the owner of the storage directory to be the web server, or you can just make it writable for all users, I like changing the ownership ..
+
+		chown -R www-data:www-data laravel/app/storage
+
+## configure nginx for laravel
+
+		sudo -s
+		cd /etc/nginx/sites-avaliable
+		rm default
+		nano default
+
+then you have to paste this and edit it as you need
+
+~~~~~~~~
+server {
+
+    # Port that the web server will listen on.
+    listen          80;
+
+    # Host that will serve this project.
+    server_name     .jasmine.dev;
+
+    # Useful logs for debug.
+    access_log      /var/www/laravel/access.log;
+    error_log       /var/www/laravel/error.log;
+    rewrite_log     on;
+
+    # The location of our projects public directory.
+    root            /var/www/laravel/public;
+
+    # Point index to the Laravel front controller.
+    index           index.php;
+
+    location / {
+
+        # URLs to attempt, including pretty ones.
+        try_files   $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
+
+    }
+
+    # Remove trailing slash to please routing system.
+    if (!-d $request_filename) {
+        rewrite     ^/(.+)/$ /$1 permanent;
+    }
+
+    # PHP FPM configuration.
+    location ~* \.php$ {
+            fastcgi_pass                    unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
+            fastcgi_index                   index.php;
+            fastcgi_split_path_info         ^(.+\.php)(.*)$;
+            include                         /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
+            fastcgi_param                   SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+    }
+
+    # We don't need .ht files with nginx.
+    location ~ /\.ht {
+            deny all;
+    }
+
+    # Set header expirations on per-project basis
+    location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|jpe?g|JPG|png|svg|woff)$ {
+            expires 365d;
+
+    }
+}
+~~~~~~~~
+
+## final small steps:
+
+I like to have a link to my Laravel installation under my home directory so :
+
+		$ ln -s /var/www/laravel www
+
+Finally i restart nginx or you can just reboot your VPS.
+
+		sudo service nginx restart
+