Deploy Full Stack App - BackEnd: GCP, Lavaravel, Hestia, API | FrontEnd: React, Cloudflare

This is a setup for a full stack application using BackEnd Google Cloud Platform VM Instance Free Tier with Hestia Control Panel and a FrontEnd React App hosting on CloudFlare Pages. editorconfig .env .env.example .git/ .gitattributes .gitign [5064], Last Updated: Mon Dec 18, 2023

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This is a setup for a full stack application using BackEnd Google Cloud Platform VM Instance Free Tier with Hestia Control Panel and a FrontEnd React App hosting on CloudFlare Pages.

BackEnd

These are the configurations for the Backend

Google Cloud PlatformFree Tier - Create VM Instance
1. Zone: us-west1-b
2. Machine Configuration > Series: E2
3. Machine Type: e2-micro(1 vCPU, 1GB Mem)
4. Boot Disk:
  - OS: Ubuntu
  - Version: 20.04 TLS amd64 focal main built on 2022-04-19...
  - Boot Disk Type: Standard Persistent disk
  - Size: 30G
5. Virtual Machine:
  - Name [WHATEVER]
  - Type: New balanced persistent disk
  - Size 30 GB
  - License Type: Free
  - Image: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Minimal
6. Allow default access: Yes (checked)
7. Firewall
  - Allow default access: (checked)
  - Allow https access: (checked)
  - Advanced Options > > NEtworking > Network Service Tier: Standard
8. GCP Newly Created Instance
  - Note The Public IP Address. You will need it for the DNS Setting in the later steps.
  - Create firewall Rule
    - Name [WHATEVER]
    - Action on Match
      - Targets: All instances in the network
      - Source Ip Rages: 0.0.0.0/0
    - Protocols and Ports
      - Specified protocols and ports: Yes
      - tcp [8083] ( 8083 is the default port for Nestia)
      - NOTE: if you are using CloudFlare, you must use port 2083. to change it, send this command:
      - If you need to change it later, use these commands:
        
        $ sudo su -
        
        # v-change-sys-port 208
        
        * also make sure to change it in your firewall rules
Domain Registar - Set DNS (CloudFlare for example). Steps 1 and 2 are only if its a new domain. For established domain and only add the sub domain, complete step 1 only.
1. A Record
  - Type: A
  - Host: @
  - Value: IP ADDRESS
  - TTL: Automatic
2. A Record (sub is from sub.domain.com)
  - Type: A
  - Host: sub
  - Value: IP ADDRESS
  - TTL: Automatic
3. CNAME
  - Type: CNAME
  - Host: www
  - Value: sub.domain.com
  - TTL: Automatic
Hestia Control Panel - https://hestiacp.com/
- Installation:
  1. Open SSH from GCP VM
  2. $ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hestiacp/hestiacp/release/install/hst-install.sh
  3. $ bash hst-install.sh --interactive no --email [email protected] --password MyPassword123 --hostname sub.domain.com -f
  4. $ reboot
  5. Open in browser: https://sub.domain.com:2083/login/
    - default User: admin
    - password: whatever you chose during the 3rd step above in the bash command
  6. Create A Non-Admin user.
  7. Add New Site
  8. Create new MySQl Database
  9. Update .env file in Laravel Project
  10. PHPMyAdmin: https://sub.domain.com/phpmyadmin/
Setup Secured FTP with SSH and SCP to connect to GCP VM Instance
Video: o_OQEydt3MI - How to connect (SSH) WinSCP to Google Cloud VM (sFTP)
1. Download WinSCP: https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
2. OPEN: G:\Program Files\winscp\PuTTY\puttygen.exe
3. click [Generate] (Move the mouse to generate random)
4. Key Comment: [ENTER YOUR USER: [email protected]]
5. https://youtu.be/o_OQEydt3MI?t=139
6. Key Passphase: GCP Account Pass
7. Save Public Key: g_pub_key G:\Program Files\winscp\keys
8. Save Private Key g_pri_key
9. Copy "Public Key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file:" [long string]
```
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDCwqqRyGUZcxlAIsfYMAo3GWiChwsyMglkhNHBEQX5g7Zz5l4xZ7/
E0NFvs0S4t4v6Tv2Em0mQAxdBdTaURjPUaLY+zKDevAXoMKmdVa1dSCauP+KX7uCOMWcL5rCaBm6cL9Ff5v2DFRP0K1q
9zKDnulJJ7nHMN++j75zpwY5Hc9jNsIjEhUSdpQHiiClXgG8yuxP+flNS7IICgp0dycXGBHYe8lXPblludn4ZW9NV/TQn
4b/Mg6es8lMnf7XO/2T6tpLtUFe55awLJzhZTQOO3as+DtluNtKt7q1akcYqMYdrg0kAzzYkyy/V1Lkvs3rh01BQN
zbwjUXL4pIlepyL [email protected]
```
10. go to CGP to the VM instance: https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances?project=[PROJECT NAME]
11. EXAMPLE:https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instancesDetail/zones/us-west1-b/instances/[INSTANCE NAME]?project=[PROJECT NAME]
12. Click Edit
13. Scroll down to SSH Keys
14. Add SSH KEY click [ADD ITEM]
15. Save
16. OPEN WinSCP G:\Program Files\winscp
17. New Site
18. Hostname: External Ip
19. User Name: example [DO NOT ENGER THE @gmail part]
20. Password DONT ENTER YET
21. Click [Advanced]
22. GO TO > SSH > Authentication
23. Private Key File:
24. Select Private Key from Step 8
25. Click OK
26. Click SAVE
27. Select the newly created site and click on Login button
28. [searching for host]
29. * BE SURE TO ENABLE PORT 22 in Firewall Rules
30. Click Yes
31. Enter Password when prompted
32. Done
Laravel API APP (example: /g/xampp8/htdocs/laravel/StudentTodo/laravel-react-student)
- .env
  - APP_NAME=Laravel
    APP_ENV=local
    APP_KEY=base64:sWo0W/3EjLnvh6bVBTtakSV40z7S59MV7UVb9q1/LAs=
    APP_DEBUG=true
    APP_URL=https://sub.domain.com
- Mysql:
  - DB_CONNECTION=mysql
    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
    DB_PORT=3306
    DB_DATABASE=mydbname
    DB_USERNAME=myuser
    DB_PASSWORD=mypassword
- Upload Laravel App to Server
  - Upload All Files to the private folder in the hosting root folder: (example: /home/userName/web/private) Exept in Red are not necessary
    - .editorconfig
    - .env
    - .env.example
    - .git/
    - .gitattributes
    - .gitignore
    - AddNewpage-api.sh*
    - README.md
    - app/
    - artisan*
    - bootstrap/
    - composer.json
    - composer.lock
    - config/
    - database/
    - lang/
    - package.json
    - phpunit.xml
    - public/
    - react/
    - resources/
    - routes/
    - storage/
    - tests/
    - vendor/
    - vite.config.js
  - public/ - Upload all the files in the public Folder to public_html
    - index.php
    - .htacess
    - favicon.ico
    - robots.txt
    - Any other CSS or Javascript
  - index.php
    - Open index.php and change the require path to add the private folder, for example:
    - Change FROM: __DIR__.'/../storage/framework/maintenance.php'
    - Change TO: __DIR__.'/../private/laravel-react-student/storage/framework/maintenance.php'
    - Change these three if they exists:
      1. storage/framework/maintenance.php
      2. vendor/autoload.php
      3. bootstrap/app.php
  - cors.php (/web/sub.directory.com/private/laravel-react-student/config)
    - Open cors php and add the React App Address fro the API and change accordingly, for example:
      - 'allowed_origins' => ['https://myFrontEndApp.domain.com'],

Front End

Create React App with Vite (example: /g/xampp8/htdocs/laravel/StudentTodo/laravel-react-student/react)
- .env
  - VITE_API_BASE_URL=https://sub.domain.com
- Follow this tutorial for help: https://vitejs.dev/guide/static-deploy.html#cloudflare-pages
- Install Wrangler CLI
  - $ npm install -g wrangler
- Login to Cloudflare account from CLI
  - $ wrangler login
- Run your build command
  - $ npm run build
- Create new deployment
  - $ npx wrangler pages publish dist
Login to your CloudFlare dashboard and go to pages, you will see the newly created project with the URL link.
Done

Resources:

G:\xampp8\htdocs\laravel\StudentTodo\laravel-react-student\
https://vitejs.dev/guide/static-deploy.html#cloudflare-pages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG55U27oSb4 - How To Deploy Laravel 8 Project | Deploy Laravel Through FileZilla | Laravel 8 Project Hosting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v46bRHR1Pq0 - Google Cloud Platform (Free Tier) WordPress Setup
https://console.cloud.google.com/projectcreate
https://hestiacp.com/

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