Laravel Deployment Github Actions

laravel-deploy.yml

name: Deploy Laravel App to Production Server

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main  # Trigger deployment only when pushing to the main branch

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout the repository code
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Start the SSH agent and load the private key from secrets
      - name: Setup SSH access
        uses: webfactory/[email protected]
        with:
          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}

      # Step 3: Connect to the server and run deployment commands
      - name: SSH into server and deploy
        run: |
          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{ secrets.SERVER_USER }}@${{ secrets.SERVER_HOST }} << 'EOF'
            # Navigate to the Laravel project directory
            cd /www/wwwroot/website

            # Fetch and hard reset to match the remote main branch
            git fetch origin
            git reset --hard origin/main

            # Install only production dependencies
            composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

            # Clear and cache the Laravel configuration
            php artisan config:clear
            php artisan config:cache
            
            # Create symbolic link for storage (public storage directory)
            php artisan storage:link

            # Run database migrations (forced)
            php artisan migrate --force

            # Set correct file ownership for web server access
            chown -R www:www . 2>/dev/null
          EOF