This guide covers deploying a Laravel application to TransPark hosting from scratch.

1. Create your site

Go to Dashboard → Add Site
Select PHP as the site type
Enter your domain → Create

This creates a PHP site with a MySQL database. Save the credentials shown after creation.

2. Connect via SSH

Use the SFTP credentials shown at creation:

ssh siteuser@yoursite-com.transpark.tech

Your document root is: /home/[siteuser]/htdocs/[domain]/

3. Upload your Laravel project

Option A: Git clone (recommended)

cd /home/[siteuser]/htdocs/[domain]
rm -rf ./* ./.*  # Clear default files
git clone https://github.com/your/repo.git .

Option B: SFTP upload

Upload your entire Laravel project to the document root.

4. Install dependencies

composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

5. Configure environment

cp .env.example .env
nano .env

Update these values in .env:

APP_URL=https://yoursite-com.transpark.tech
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_DATABASE=[your_db_name]
DB_USERNAME=[your_db_user]
DB_PASSWORD=[your_db_password]

Use the database credentials from site creation.

6. Generate app key and run migrations

php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate --force
php artisan storage:link

7. Set the document root

Laravel serves from the public/ directory. In CloudPanel (access via SSO from your dashboard), go to your site's Vhost tab and change the root to:

/home/[siteuser]/htdocs/[domain]/public

Or ask support to update this for you.

8. Set permissions

chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache
chown -R [siteuser]:www-data storage bootstrap/cache

9. Optimize for production

php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache

Updating your app

cd /home/[siteuser]/htdocs/[domain]
git pull origin main
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
php artisan migrate --force
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache

Deploying a Laravel application