FAQ

You can set environment variables through the Zerops dashboard or in your zerops.yml file under the run.envVariables section:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      envVariables:
        APP_KEY: "base64:your-key-here"
        DB_CONNECTION: "pgsql"
        DB_HOST: ${db_host}

You can run migrations during initialization by adding the command to your zerops.yml:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      initCommands:
        - php artisan migrate --isolated --force

Yes, Laravel Queue is fully supported. Configure Redis as your queue driver:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      envVariables:
        QUEUE_CONNECTION: redis
        REDIS_HOST: redis
        REDIS_PORT: 6379

Zerops supports S3-compatible storage. Configure it using these environment variables:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      envVariables:
        FILESYSTEM_DISK: s3
        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${storage_accessKeyId}
        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${storage_secretAccessKey}
        AWS_BUCKET: ${storage_bucketName}
        AWS_ENDPOINT: ${storage_apiUrl}
        AWS_URL: ${storage_apiUrl}/${storage_bucketName}
        AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT: true

HTTPS is automatically enabled when you use either a Zerops subdomain or configure your custom domain. No additional configuration is required.

Yes, you can configure cron jobs in your zerops.yml:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      crontab:
        - command: "php artisan schedule:run"
          timing: "* * * * *"
          workingDir: /var/www/html

Configure Redis for caching, sessions, and queues:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      envVariables:
        CACHE_STORE: redis
        SESSION_DRIVER: redis
        REDIS_HOST: redis
        REDIS_PORT: 6379
        REDIS_CLIENT: phpredis

Add these optimization commands to your initialization:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    run:
      initCommands:
        - php artisan view:cache
        - php artisan config:cache
        - php artisan route:cache
        - php artisan optimize

Configure asset compilation in your build phase:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    build:
      base:
        - php@8.4
        - nodejs@18
      buildCommands:
        - composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev
        - npm install
        - npm run build
      cache:
        - vendor
        - node_modules

Add health checks to ensure your application is running properly:

zerops:
  - setup: app
    deploy:
      readinessCheck:
        httpGet:
          port: 80
          path: /up
    run:
      healthCheck:
        httpGet:
          port: 80
          path: /up

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