Step 1 : Login to cPanel

This is a no brainer:

1. Go to https://cpanel.yourdomain.com/ or http://yourdomain.com:2083 (Replace "yourdomain.com" with your own domain name
2. Login with your cPanel credentials
3. Go into Advance section > terminal (Make sure you have SSH access from your provider)

Step 2 : Composer

Make sure you have Composer installed. If not, install it. We're gonna need it.

Step 3 : Clone your repo

In your terminal, execute the following commands. First cd to your public_html folder:

Replace "username" with your username.

Then initialize git

Add your remote repository's URL

Replace with your own repositoy URL, whether from Github, Bitbucket or whichever remote repository hosting service you use.

When done, pull your app with this command

I assume here that you want to deploy your master branch to production. You can deploy any branch, just change the name of the branch.

Step 4: Setup your application

Remember when I asked you to check for or install composer? We need it now. So we run the following command to install our dependencies:

Then change your environmental variables in the .env file. Setup your database, database name, database host and all other things.

When done, generate your application key with this command

Time to migrate your database

Don't forget to set the correct permissions for storage/ folder

Step 5: Make your app accessible to the public

This is the trickier part. Many resources I found online propose many solutions. But Most of them don't follow my requirements as described in introduction to this article. Here is the solution that meets better those requirements

First, backup your .htaccess file by running this command:

Then create another .htaccess file:

In the open .htaccess file, paste the following lines:

Replace example.com with your own domain. Then save your file and close it (Ctrl + o then Ctrl x).

Finally, create a sym link to your app's storage folder

You can check your application by opening your browser and going to yourdomain.com. You should see your app's home page.

I hope this tutorial helped you deploy your Laravel app on a cPanel powered server.