Xneelo hosting and Laravel

[Cyanide9]

We currently use a managed server from Xneelo for all our websites and web-based applications. The problem we're having is that Xneelo does not support the proper/correct way of deploying a Laravel application by changing the web document root to serve the Laravel public folder. They did however provide us with a "hack" to install the application into our FTP user root folder and rename some Laravel files. This is not a solution as it will break with the next Laravel update, we also use git as version control and this approach would require us to change our local development environment. We managed to get the Laravel applications working using two .htaccess files but it's not without issues.
See the Laravel documentation here https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/deployment#main-content

I will stop rambling and get to the point(s)

1. Does anybody have experience with deploying Laravel on Xneelo servers?
2. Is there any other hosting providers that support Laravel out of the box?

Thank you for taking the time to read my boring post and reply

 

[The Web Space Bar]

Hi Cyanide, we have customers who host with us on laravel, happy to give you a 1 month free trial account to give it a test drive, please drop us a pm with your space requirements

 

[Bryn]

We currently use a managed server from Xneelo for all our websites and web-based applications. The problem we're having is that Xneelo does not support the proper/correct way of deploying a Laravel application by changing the web document root to serve the Laravel public folder. They did however provide us with a "hack" to install the application into our FTP user root folder and rename some Laravel files. This is not a solution as it will break with the next Laravel update, we also use git as version control and this approach would require us to change our local development environment. We managed to get the Laravel applications working using two .htaccess files but it's not without issues.
See the Laravel documentation here https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/deployment#main-content

I will stop rambling and get to the point(s)

1. Does anybody have experience with deploying Laravel on Xneelo servers?
2. Is there any other hosting providers that support Laravel out of the box?

Thank you for taking the time to read my boring post and reply

Why not just use Laravel Forge to manage any servers you want?

Some great local server options:

• Vultr has had a Joburg location since Dec '22
• Google Cloud just launched in Joburg, end of Jan
• AWS has a CT location
• Azure has a Joburg location

 

[Cyanide9]

Why not just use Laravel Forge to manage any servers you want?

Some great local server options:

• Vultr has had a Joburg location since Dec '22
• Google Cloud just launched in Joburg, end of Jan
• AWS has a CT location
• Azure has a Joburg location

Thanks, Bryn
The issue is cost
Laravel Forge $$ + Server services $$ every month, where our local hosting providers can just come to the party

 

[Bryn]

Thanks, Bryn
The issue is cost
Laravel Forge $$ + Server services $$ every month, where our local hosting providers can just come to the party

That's not apples to apples though. Most mom-and-pop web hosts here have old hardware, inefficient networking, slow transfer, low transfer limits etc. Whereas Vultr High Frequency is consistently tested as the fastest thing that exists for web applications.

You don't need to use a control pane to run Laravel. Especially if it's just a single server you want to setup.

Vultr HF pricing for their Joburg location (the backups addon is captured daily):

Bear in mind that Vultr HF options shouldn't be compared in terms of core count to alternative options. These servers are utterly insane. I'd take a 2-core Vultr HF server for a busy website any day over 8 cores with some local mystery company.

 

[stildalf]

We currently use a managed server from Xneelo for all our websites and web-based applications. The problem we're having is that Xneelo does not support the proper/correct way of deploying a Laravel application by changing the web document root to serve the Laravel public folder. They did however provide us with a "hack" to install the application into our FTP user root folder and rename some Laravel files. This is not a solution as it will break with the next Laravel update, we also use git as version control and this approach would require us to change our local development environment. We managed to get the Laravel applications working using two .htaccess files but it's not without issues.
See the Laravel documentation here https://laravel.com/docs/10.x/deployment#main-content

I will stop rambling and get to the point(s)

1. Does anybody have experience with deploying Laravel on Xneelo servers?
2. Is there any other hosting providers that support Laravel out of the box?

Thank you for taking the time to read my boring post and reply

@Cyanide9, care to elaborate on your conclusions with regards to Laravel on Xneelo? I'm exploring the same.