Configuration steps on CentOS7 server to run Laravel applications + Redis and Node.JS on nginx

centos7-nginx-laravel-configuration

==== CENTOS 7 LEMP STACK INSTALLATION ====
0. Make sure the centos 7 server have internet connection

1. Install the EPEL Repository 
	sudo yum -y install epel-release

2. Install the Remi Repository
	sudo rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

3. Install Nginx
	sudo yum -y install nginx

4. Start the nginx service
	sudo service nginx start

5. Auto start nginx on boot
	sudo systemctl enable nginx

6. Allow port 80 (HTTP) in the firewall
	sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent

7. Reload firewall configuration
	sudo firewall-cmd --reload

8. check if the web server is accessible through browser. input the server's ip address in the browser

9. install php 7.2
	sudo yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-php72 install php-fpm php-common

10. install php modules
	sudo yum --enablerepo=remi,remi-php72 install php-opcache php-pecl-apcu php-cli php-pear php-pdo php-mysqlnd php-pecl-redis php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml php-zip

11. start the php-fpm service
	sudo service php-fpm start

12. Auto start php-fpm on boot
	sudo systemctl enable php-fpm.service

13. Make backup of the nginx.conf file
	sudo cp /etc/nginx/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.bak

14. Modify PHP-FPM to listen ip instead of socket ##
	sudo vi /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

14.5 change the following in www.conf file
	listen = 127.0.0.1:9000

15. open nginx.conf file
	sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

16. change the root directory of nginx
	root /var/www/sites;
	index index.php index.html index.htm;

17 in the location, add default files
	location / {
    		try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
	}

	location ~ \.php$ {
        	include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        	fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
        	fastcgi_index index.php;
        	fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    	}

18. test if nginx.conf syntax is OK
	sudo nginx -t

18. make a folder called 'sites' inside the var/www/ directory
	sudo mkdir /var/www/sites

19. create a file inside the sites folder
	sudo vi index.php

20. paste this code inside the index.php
	<?php phpinfo();

21. restart the nginx service
	sudo service nginx restart

22. input the server's ip address in the browser to check if nginx and php is working

23. install wget
	sudo yum -y install wget

24. install yum-utils
	sudo yum -y install yum-utils

25. download mysql yum repository
	sudo wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql80-community-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm

26. install mysql release package
	sudo rpm -Uvh mysql80-community-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm

27. select the specific version of mysql you want to use, we'll use 5.7 as example
	sudo yum-config-manager --disable mysql80-community
	sudo yum-config-manager --enable mysql57-community

28. install mysql
	sudo yum install mysql-community-server
	
29. start the mysql service
	sudo service mysqld start

30. auto start mysql on boot
	sudo systemctl enable mysqld.service

31. find and copy the mysql temporary password
	sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log

32. run mysql secure installation
	mysql_secure_installation

33. you will be prompted for new root password, input your new root password

34. check if mysql is installed and running
	mysql -u root -p


========= RUN LARAVEL APPLICATION ON CENTOS LEMP STACK ===========
1. install composer
	curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer

2. check if composer is installed
	composer

3. install git
	sudo yum -y install git

4. install unzip
	sudo yum -y install unzip

5. go to sites folder
	cd /var/www/sites

6. clone project repository
	sudo git clone url_here

7. go to project directory
	cd project_directory_name

8. install composer packages
	sudo composer install --no-dev

9. copy .env.example and rename it to .env
	sudo cp .env.example .env

10. generate app key
	sudo php artisan key:generate

11. open .env file
	sudo vi .env

12. change these values in the .env file
	APP_ENV=production
	APP_DEBUG=false
	DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
	DB_USERNAME=your_username
	DB_PASSWORD=your_password
	
13. open php-fpm config file
	sudo vi /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

14. change php-fpm user to nginx:nginx
	user = nginx
	group = nginx

15. change project directory permissions
	sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/sites/project_name
	sudo chmod -R 755 storage
	sudo chmod -R 755 bootstrap/cache

16. Install 'policycoreutils-python' 
	sudo yum -y install policycoreutils-python

17. change the context of the laravel project directories
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/public(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/storage(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/app(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/bootstrap(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/config(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/database(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/resources(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/routes(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/vendor(/.*)?'
	sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/sites/project_name/tests(/.*)?'

18. run SELinux restorecon command
	sudo restorecon -Rv '/var/www/sites/project_name/'

19. go again to nginx.conf file and open it
	sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

20. change the root directory in the nginx.conf
	root /var/www/sites/project_name/public;

21. login to mysql and create a database
	create database database_name;

22. run database migrations and seeders
	sudo php artisan migrate
	sudo php artisan db:seed

23. if your app requrires username to login instead of email, go to /var/www/sites/project_name/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Auth/AuthenticatesUsers.php and open it
	sudo vi /var/www/sites/project_name/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Auth/AuthenticatesUsers.php

24. find username() method and edit the return value from 'email' to 'username'
	public function username()
    	{
        	return 'username';
    	}

25. add permission to SELinux to allow nginx to connect to database
	sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db=1

26. your laravel app should now be up and running!

============= INSTALL REDIS ==============
1. install redis (make sure EPEL repository is already installed)
	sudo yum -y install redis

2. start redis service
	sudo service redis start

3. start redis on server boot
	sudo systemctl enable redis
	
============ USE REDIS FOR LARAVEL BROADCASTING =============
1. change BROADCAST_DRIVER value in .env file
	BROADCAST_DRIVER=redis

============= INSTALL NODE.JS =================
1. enable the Node.js v10 repository (make sure EPEL Repository is already installed)
	curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash -

2. install Node.js
	sudo yum -y install nodejs

3. install node.js build tools (optional)
	sudo yum -y install gcc-c++ make

4. verify if node.js is installed
	node -v

============ INSTALL NODE.JS PACKAGES =========
1. go to project directory
	cd /path/to/project/directory

2. install node.js packages (make sure package.json is present inside the directory)
	sudo npm install

============ DAEMONIZE NODE.JS SCRIPT ============
1. install PM2
	sudo npm install pm2 -g

2. configure startup script to launch PM2 and its mananged processes on server boot
	sudo pm2 startup

3. run node.js app/script
	sudo pm2 start /path/to/the/script/filename.js

4. save process list 
	sudo pm2 save

5. allow external access to port 3000
	sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=3000/tcp --permanent

6. reload firewall configuration
	sudo firewall-cmd --reload

7. add permission to SELinux to allow nginx to connect to redis
	sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect=1
	
===== INSTALL SUPERVISOR ======
1. sudo yum -y install supervisor

2. open supervisor config file: 
	vi /etc/supervisord.conf

3. add the ff:
	[program:programname]
	command=php /var/www/sites/project_name/artisan queue:listen
	process_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d
	autostart=true
	autorestart=true
	user=root
	numprocs=5
	redirect_stderr=true
	stdout_logfile=/var/www/sites/project_name/queue-worker.log

4. read the newly edited config file:
	sudo supervisorctl reread

5. update the config:
	sudo supervisorctl update

6. start the queue worker:
	sudo supervisorctl start programname:*

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