vichetuc · June 26, 2017 12:39 · Jun 19, 2017 · Apr 19, 2017 · Apr 19, 2017 · Dec 17, 2016
diff --git a/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md b/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@ Test PHP version
 php -v
 ```
 
-### Setup additional hosts
+### How to Setup additional hosts?
 This is covered in [this gist](https://gist.github.com/santoshachari/8238a7a4e7132d3c86a8720a81cd9fa1). Both gists were written in continuation. 
diff --git a/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md b/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Steps to install latest Laravel, LEMP on AWS Ubuntu 14.4 version.
+#Steps to install latest Laravel, LEMP on AWS Ubuntu 16.4 version.
 This tutorial is the improvised verision of this [tutorial on Digitalocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-laravel-with-an-nginx-web-server-on-ubuntu-14-04) based on my experience. 
 
 ## Install PHP 7 on Ubuntu

diff --git a/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md b/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y language-pack-en-base
 sudo LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install zip unzip
-sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-zip
+sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-zip php7.0-gd
 sudo apt-get install nginx git
 ```
 

diff --git a/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md b/Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y language-pack-en-base
 sudo LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install zip unzip
-sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql
+sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-zip
 sudo apt-get install nginx git
 ```
 

diff --git a/Instructions.md → Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md b/Instructions.md → Laravel PHP7 LEMP AWS.md
diff --git a/Instructions.md b/Instructions.md
@@ -177,4 +177,4 @@ php -v
 ```
 
 ### Setup additional hosts
-This is covered in (this gist)[https://gist.github.com/santoshachari/8238a7a4e7132d3c86a8720a81cd9fa1]. Both gists were written in continuation. 
+This is covered in [this gist](https://gist.github.com/santoshachari/8238a7a4e7132d3c86a8720a81cd9fa1). Both gists were written in continuation. 
diff --git a/Instructions.md b/Instructions.md
@@ -174,4 +174,7 @@ sudo rm -rfv <folder_name>
 Test PHP version 
 ```
 php -v
-```
+```
+
+### Setup additional hosts
+This is covered in (this gist)[https://gist.github.com/santoshachari/8238a7a4e7132d3c86a8720a81cd9fa1]. Both gists were written in continuation. 
diff --git a/Instructions.md b/Instructions.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql
 sudo apt-get install nginx git
 ```
 
-Important packages of Laravel 
+Important packages for Laravel 
 ```
 sudo apt-get install mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt
 sudo apt-get install -y php7.0-mbstring php7.0-xml --force-yes

diff --git a/Instructions.md b/Instructions.md
@@ -158,4 +158,20 @@ sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/laravel/storage
 ### Finish
 Check your site by `http://server_domain_or_IP` and it should show you "Laravel" homepage. 
 
+### Other commands of use. 
 
+Installed a package that you don't need? Use the following commands to remove the package. 
+```
+sudo apt-get purge <package name> 
+sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
+```
+
+Use following command to remove a folder and it's contents 
+```
+sudo rm -rfv <folder_name>
+```
+
+Test PHP version 
+```
+php -v
+```
diff --git a/Instructions.md b/Instructions.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Steps to install latest Laravel, LEMP on AWS Ubuntu 14.4 version.
-This tutorial is the improvised verision of this: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-laravel-with-an-nginx-web-server-on-ubuntu-14-04 based on my experience. 
+This tutorial is the improvised verision of this [tutorial on Digitalocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-laravel-with-an-nginx-web-server-on-ubuntu-14-04) based on my experience. 
 
 ## Install PHP 7 on Ubuntu
 Run the following commands in sequence. 
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ server {
         }
 }
 ```
+Notice the difference: 
+- `try_files $uri $uri/ =404;` has been changed to `try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;` 
+- and ` location ~ \.php$ { ... }` block has been added.
+
 Restart nginx. 
 ```
 sudo service nginx restart

diff --git a/Instructions.md b/Instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#Steps to install latest Laravel, LEMP on AWS Ubuntu 14.4 version.
+This tutorial is the improvised verision of this: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-laravel-with-an-nginx-web-server-on-ubuntu-14-04 based on my experience. 
+
+## Install PHP 7 on Ubuntu
+Run the following commands in sequence. 
+```
+sudo apt-get install -y language-pack-en-base
+sudo LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install zip unzip
+sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql
+sudo apt-get install nginx git
+```
+
+Important packages of Laravel 
+```
+sudo apt-get install mcrypt php7.0-mcrypt
+sudo apt-get install -y php7.0-mbstring php7.0-xml --force-yes
+```
+
+Some Optional ones
+```
+sudo apt-get install php7.0-curl php7.0-json
+```
+
+**NOTE:** You can use the following command to list available PHP 7.0 packages: 
+```
+sudo apt-cache search php7-*
+```
+## Modify the PHP Configuration
+Run the following command to go to php.ini
+```
+sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini
+```
+And uncomment and fix `cgi.fix_pathinfo` to 
+```
+cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
+```
+Restart PHP 7.0 FPM 
+```
+sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
+```
+
+## Configure Nginx for Laravel
+I am going to setup using a blank latest version of Laravel. This would installed in `/var/www/laravel` folder. 
+
+Run the following in terminal: 
+```
+sudo mkdir -p /var/www/laravel
+```
+
+Next, we are going to modify the nginx's default configuration file: `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default`. But before that, just make a backup of the file: 
+```
+sudo mkdir ~/Backups
+sudo cp /etc/nginx/sites-available/default ~/Backups/default
+```
+
+Use the following command to edit the file 
+```
+sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
+```
+
+Next modify `default` from this: 
+```
+server {
+        listen 80 default_server;
+        listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+
+        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+        index index.html index.htm;
+
+        server_name localhost;
+
+        location / {
+                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
+        }
+}
+```
+to this: 
+```
+server {
+        listen 80 default_server;
+        listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
+
+        root /var/www/laravel/public;
+        index index.php index.html index.htm;
+
+        # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
+        server_name <Your Domain name / Public IP Address>;
+
+        location / {
+                # First attempt to serve request as file, then
+                # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
+                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
+                # Uncomment to enable naxsi on this location
+                # include /etc/nginx/naxsi.rules
+        }
+        location ~ \.php$ {
+                try_files $uri =404;
+                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
+                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
+                fastcgi_index index.php;
+                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
+                include fastcgi_params;
+        }
+}
+```
+Restart nginx. 
+```
+sudo service nginx restart
+```
+
+If all was configured well, you'd see no error. 
+
+## SWAP file (Optional)
+Swap files would help in cases where your server might run out of memory. 
+
+```
+sudo fallocate -l 1G /swapfile
+sudo mkswap /swapfile
+sudo swapon /swapfile
+```
+## Install Composer and Laravel
+
+Use the following commands to install composer and make it available across all folders. 
+
+```
+cd ~
+curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
+sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
+```
+Test by `composer` command to see if it was installed correctly. 
+
+Install laravel by using the following command.
+```
+sudo composer create-project laravel/laravel /var/www/laravel
+```
+In case it throws out errors due to missing packages, find the package name using 
+```
+sudo service php7.0-fpm restart
+```
+and then remove and create the folder before running the composer create-project again. 
+```
+sudo rm -rf /var/www/laravel
+sudo mkdir /var/www/laravel
+```
+
+## Setting the permissions right for the Laravel folders. 
+```
+sudo chown -R :www-data /var/www/laravel
+sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/laravel/storage
+```
+
+### Finish
+Check your site by `http://server_domain_or_IP` and it should show you "Laravel" homepage. 
+
+