Constructing With ChatGPT: Setting Up a Laravel & Vue.js Website on GoDaddy with File Manager | Day 6

Building with ChatGPT | Deploying a Laravel & Vue.js Website on GoDaddy using File Manager | Day 6

In our previous tutorials, we have set up a Laravel backend with Vue.js frontend for our ChatGPT project. Now, it’s time to deploy our project to a live server. We will be using GoDaddy hosting for this tutorial, and we will deploy our project using the File Manager provided by GoDaddy.

Step 1: Get your GoDaddy hosting account ready
Before we start deploying our project, make sure you have a hosting account with GoDaddy. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a hosting plan on their website.

Step 2: Prepare your project for deployment
Before deploying our project, we need to build our Vue.js frontend and set up our Laravel backend for production. In your project directory, run the following commands:

1. Build the Vue.js frontend:

   npm run build

2. Set up the Laravel backend for production:

   php artisan config:cache
   php artisan route:cache
   php artisan optimize --force

Step 3: Prepare your project files for deployment
Once you have built your Vue.js frontend and set up your Laravel backend for production, it’s time to prepare your project files for deployment. Compress your project directory into a zip file, and upload it to your GoDaddy hosting account using FTP or the File Manager provided by GoDaddy.

Step 4: Extract your project files on the server
After uploading your project zip file to your hosting account, extract the files using the File Manager provided by GoDaddy. Navigate to the directory where you uploaded your project zip file, select it, and click on the "Extract" button to extract the files.

Step 5: Set up your database credentials
Next, we need to set up our database credentials in the .env file of our Laravel project. Open the .env file in the root directory of your Laravel project and update the following settings with your database credentials:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=YOUR_DB_HOST
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=YOUR_DB_NAME
DB_USERNAME=YOUR_DB_USERNAME
DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_DB_PASSWORD

Save the changes and close the .env file.

Step 6: Update your virtual host configuration
To serve your Laravel project on GoDaddy, you need to update the virtual host configuration. Go to your hosting control panel, navigate to the File Manager, and locate the public_html directory. Inside the public_html directory, create a new directory for your Laravel project (e.g., myapp).

Next, create a new file called .htaccess in the public_html directory and add the following code to redirect all requests to the public folder of your Laravel project:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^$ myapp/public/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) myapp/public/$1 [L]

Save the .htaccess file and close the editor.

Step 7: Test your website
Now that you have deployed your Laravel & Vue.js project on GoDaddy, you can test your website by visiting your domain name in a web browser. If everything is set up correctly, you should see your ChatGPT project up and running on the live server.

Congratulations! You have successfully deployed your Laravel & Vue.js website on GoDaddy using the File Manager. You can now customize your project further and start promoting it to attract users to your ChatGPT project.