6 months ago
When i run my project locally using phap artisan, it builds successfully and app loads on local host. On production, the app also builds successfully but the link provided gives a 502 error and not the homepage ofmy app that i expected.
I'm not using neither apache nor or Nginx web server.
I use 'composer install' as the build command and 'php artisan serve' as the start command.
The port url in the env is 8000.
Any help is appreciated.
7 Replies
6 months ago
Hello,php artisan serve is not meant for production use. It's a lightweight development server.
For production, you should use proper web servers like Caddy or NGINX and you should configure them with PHP-FPM.
6 months ago
Thanks for your response. Honestly, i'm new to php and this is a project i've been handed to by a client. Could you give a short step by step description as to how i can achieve this using NGINX? I'm on a windows laptop.
6 months ago
I'm really sorry but we can't offer project help here, this forum is for platform help and support.
But I noticed you already are using a Dockerfile, so converting your project to use Caddy or NGINX would be simple, and most importantly it doesn't related directly to the Railway platform, so you can use resources you find online!
6 months ago
Thank you, i'll scoar for some resources. One question though, since i intend to use NGINX, which start command will i use to run the app?
6 months ago
I'm sure the guides and docs you read will cover that, I wouldn't know it off the top of my head.
6 months ago
Thank you. Best employee ever 
. I didn't expect to get this quick response since i'm on a free trial.
6 months ago
Thank you for your kind words, and I'm sorry we couldn't offer project support.
Status changed to Solved brody • 6 months ago