Scaling on Forge

Scaling your Laravel applications on Forge.

See how to use Forge to scale your Laravel application, using server optimzations, load balancing, and more.

1. Intro

I introduce the course and talk about what we'll cover.

2. Creating Servers

What servers to create and how to load balance our application.

3. Access & GitHub

How to connect to your servers and your application from GitHub.

4. Application Setup

Install an application, set the env, and get servers communicating.

5. Networking

Setup servers to communicate with each other securely.

6. Final App Touches

Load balancer config, configuring Trusted Proxies, and detail work.

7. Forge Recipes

We cover the various recipes I use on Forge to optimize our servers.

8. Queue Workers

We setup an application server to run as a queue worker.

9. CRON Server

We see how to properly setup CRON tasks in a distributed environment.

10. CRON & Laravel 5.6

Laravel 5.6's new feature: Single Server Scheduling.

11. Finishing Up

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About

the true grumpy programmer, don't be fooled by imitation

I'm Chris Fidao. You might know me from Servers for Hackers, where I write and record videos about server management, for programmers.

I also have a bunch of other projects you might be interested in:

  • Shipping Docker - A video series about using Docker in development, testing/CI, and in production.
  • Servers for Hackers eBook - A book that goes in-depth on what you need to know about your web servers.
  • Deploy PHP! - A video series on setting up an automated, professional deployment system for you and your team.