Setting up a new Laravel project for production is always a headache. You need to configure Nginx, optimize PHP-FPM, set up Supervisor for your queue workers, and make sure your CI/CD pipeline doesn't break.
Most Docker setups you find online are only meant for local development. When you try to push them to AWS, DigitalOcean, or a VPS, permissions break, and performance drops.
I was tired of doing this manually for every project, so I built a production-grade boilerplate.
What's Inside?
- Multi-stage Dockerfile: Optimized for lightweight and secure production images.
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Supervisor Configured: Ready to handle
queue:workand your Task Scheduler automatically. - Production Nginx: Security headers and Gzip compression pre-configured.
- GitHub Actions Pipeline: Automatic testing (Pest/PHPUnit), code style checks (Pint), and static analysis (Larastan) on every Push/PR.
Quick Start (Up in 60 seconds)
git clone https://github.com/script32/laravel-12-docker-ready-to-deploy.git
cd laravel-12-docker-production
cp .env.example .env
docker compose up -d --build
That's it! Your production-ready stack is live at localhost:8080.
Open Source & Feedback
This project is 100% open source. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the architecture, especially regarding the multi-stage build optimization!
Check out the repository here: https://github.com/script32/laravel-12-docker-ready-to-deploy
If this saves you a few hours of DevOps work on your next deploy, a star on the repo is highly appreciated to keep the project growing!
