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Deploy with Kamal (your own servers)

Built your app with Laradock? Ship it to your own servers (a VPS, bare metal, anywhere) with Kamal, no Kubernetes needed. Kamal builds the self-contained image (nginx + php-fpm) and rolls it out with zero downtime, its proxy handles TLS.

1. Add the config​

Copy the ready kamal-deploy.yml to config/deploy.yml. It builds from laradock/production/Dockerfile, serves port 8080, and terminates TLS at the proxy.

2. Deploy​

# put secrets in .kamal/secrets, then:
kamal setup      # first time
kamal deploy     # every release

Notes​

  • Managed database. Point DB_* at a managed provider, or run a database as a Kamal accessory.
  • Secrets live in .kamal/secrets, never in the image.
  • Zero downtime. Kamal boots the new container, health-checks it, then swaps traffic.

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