Deploy Laravel Using Ansistrano

Prepare

• Please install python-simplejson, apt-transport-https, ca-certificates on Remote server:

  sudo apt-get install -y python-simplejson apt-transport-https ca-certificates
  

Usage

Config

• Add Drone's project public key to github/bitbucket (scm) Deploy keys and Remote server file: ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

• Copy .ansistrano folder and .drone.yml to your Laravel folder.

• You have to change some configurations in the following files:

  • Ansible’s inventory file: .ansistrano/production and .ansistrano/staging
    • We have 2 servers: [webservers] and [dbservers] server, please change both of them (it can be the same)
    • Change IP address host, ssh user (ansible_ssh_user), ssh port (ansible_ssh_port)
  • All variables need to change: deploy.yml
    • server_name: Server/Domain name
    • nginx_config_name: Nginx config file name
    • php_version: Server php version
    • ansistrano_deploy_to: Base path to deploy to server.
    • ansistrano_shared_paths: Shared paths to symlink to release dir
    • ansistrano_shared_files: Shared files to symlink to release dir
    • ansistrano_git_repo: Github/Bitbucket (scm)
    • ansistrano_git_branch: Git branch name for deployment

• Deployment strategy

-- /var/www/my-app.com
|-- current -> /var/www/my-app.com/releases/20100512131539
|-- releases
|   |-- 20100512131539
|   |-- 20100509150741
|   |-- 20100509145325
|-- shared
|   |-- .env
|   |-- node_modules
|   |-- storage

Commands:

• For deployment

  ansible-playbook -i production deploy.yml --extra-vars='ansible_become_pass={become_password}'
  

• Modify commands in .drone.yml file.