---
title: "Prepare your Laravel app for the cloud"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/prepare-your-laravel-app-for-the-cloud-eze5y6zql
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/prepare-your-laravel-app-for-the-cloud
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2024-09-06T14:16:25.219Z
updated: 2024-11-08T12:46:27.315Z
tags: ["cloud", "docker", "php", "postgresql", "laravel"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 50
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Prepare your Laravel app for the cloud

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 8 min read · 50 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Learn how to prepare a Laravel app for cloud deployment by mimicking the production environment using Docker. The guide covers setting up a local PostgreSQL database, configuring Dockerfiles, and deploying to the cloud provider Sevalla. Key steps include handling environment variables, creating Docker images, and setting up database migrations.

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Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel)

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