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Deploy to AWS App Runner

Built your app with Laradock? Ship it to AWS App Runner without changing your stack. ./laradock ship builds one self-contained image (nginx + php-fpm); App Runner runs it on port 8080 with HTTPS and autoscaling built in, no load balancer to configure.

1. Build and push to ECR​

aws ecr create-repository --repository-name laradock-app
./laradock ship <ACCOUNT>.dkr.ecr.<REGION>.amazonaws.com/laradock-app:latest --push

2. Create the service​

Laradock ships a ready aws-app-runner.json (ECR image, Port: 8080, health check, auto-deploy). Fill in your image, then:

aws apprunner create-service --cli-input-json file://aws-app-runner.json

Notes​

  • Managed database. Use RDS; connect via a VPC connector.
  • Secrets come from App Runner runtime env / Secrets Manager, never the image.
  • Auto-deploy. With AutoDeploymentsEnabled, App Runner redeploys when you push a new image tag.

Deploying elsewhere? The full deploy guide covers every target, Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run, Fly, and more.