Introduction
This article is specifically informing how to run a Laravel-based application using a certain command. The command is ‘php artisan serve’ to start opening port for listening an incoming request. Moreover, the Laravel-based application is running in a virtual server exist in a running VirtualBox application. So, the virtual server is actually a Linux CentOS 8 running in a CLI (Command Line Interface) mode. After running the Laravel-based application, accessing it from the local virtual server will be possible only using a command line.
Steps for running Laravel-based Application
In order to demonstrate it, the following are the steps to achieve it :
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First of all, just access the virtual server. Accessing virtual server can be a direct access or a remote access. In the context of a remote access using SSH conection, just read the article with the title of ‘How to Remote CentOS Virtual Server running in a VirtualBox with a NAT Network using SSH’ in this link.
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After successfully logging in to the virtual server, just run the application. By default, the command is in the following command :
php artisan serve
The execution exist as follows for an example :
[root@10 app]# php artisan serve Starting Laravel development server: http://127.0.0.1:8000 [Sat Mar 20 06:33:18 2021] PHP 7.4.16 Development Server (http://127.0.0.1:8000) started
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After that, do not forget to add a rule in the firewall service. The rule is to allow incoming request to port 8000. So, the following is the command execution to achieve it :
[root@10 ~]# firewall-cmd --add-port=8000/tcp --permanent success [root@10 ~]#
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Soon after, just execute the following command to reload the firewall rule :
[root@10 ~]# firewall-cmd --reload success [root@10 ~]#
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Make sure there is a Laravel-based application already exist. Read the article in this link where the title is ‘How to Create a Laravel Project using PHP Composer Command’.
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Next, try to access the page directly from the command line. Since it is a virtual server running in a CLI (Command Line Interface) mode, so the following is the way to check the service provided using ‘php artisan serve’ :
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