===How to migrate/upload a Laravel website/project on N99panel===

**Step 1 :** Prepare archive of the Laravel website/project files/folders. This archive has to be of the folder containing the Laravel setup, for e.g. if our setup looks like the following

<code>
public_html
           |__ app (folder)
           |__ bootstrap (folder)
           |__ .... (other folders)
           |__ .env (file)
           |__ composer.json (file)
           |__ .... (other files) 
</code>

We would make the archive or a zip/gz/bz2 file of the public_html folder. Typically on your PC you would right-click on public_html folder and do the necessary steps to prepare the archive.

Also you need to get the SQL file corresponding to your project setup. That you can easily get/export from PHPMyAdmin which most likely would be installed on your system or the system from where you are migrating from. 

**Step 2 :** Now in N99panel, [[:n99panel:create_user|create a user]] and a [[:n99panel:create_vhost|Website/VHost]] under it

**Step 3 :** Also now create a [[n99panel:create_mysql_pair|MySQL DB and a user pair]]. The same DB would be populated/used later

**Step 4 :** Upload both the archive file and the sql (can be zipped) file into the user directory using a SFTP client like FileZilla

**Step 5 :** Now under N99panel dashboard, click on 'VHosts/Websites'

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**Step 6 :** You will see the list of all the VHosts. Please click 'Details/Manage' link against the appropriate VHost/Website

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**Step 7 :** Now click on ‘Restore an Archive to the VHost’ .

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**Step 8 :** Now you would be prompted to enter the uploaded archive file name. Click Submit to restore the archive. 

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Restoration of large archives can take time. Please ensure from from Dashboard >> Tasks, that all the requisite tasks are completed before going on to the next steps. 

**Step 9 :** [[n99panel:restore_sql_file|Restore]] the uploaded SQL file to the DB. For a new Laravel setup, this step may not be required. 

**Step 10 :** Modify the .env file of your Laravel project with the appropriate settings especially w.r.t. MySQL

**Step 11 :** Now if you are using Laravel 8 or before, and if index.php files are present in both the Laravel setup directory, and the public directory within it, your Laravel project should be able to work now. 
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For Laravel 9 and 10, index.php may not be present in the Laravel setup directory, but the public folder within the base directory will contain the index.php (the start point). Under Laravel 9 and 10, this ensures better security when the document root of the web-server points to that public folder. To make the document root to point to the public folder, we would need to [[n99panel:root-dir-extn|extend the root dir]]