How to move servers between AWS regions

Step 1 — Create AMI in Source Region

In AWS console:

EC2 → Instances
Select your instance
Actions → Image and templates → Create Image

Wait until AMI is ready.

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Step 2 — Copy AMI to Destination region

Go to:

EC2 → AMIs
Select AMI
Actions → Copy AMI
Destination region → US East (N. Virginia)

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Step 3 — Launch new instance

Switch region to N. Virginia

EC2 → AMIs → Launch instance

Your server will start in us-east-1.

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Important: IP address will change

You will get a new public IP, which we can  configure it in our DNS.

Allocate swap file, when server RAM GB is low to remove mysql errors

 sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile || sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=2048
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

# optional but recommended
echo 'vm.swappiness=20' | sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf
sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf

free -h
swapon --show

cPanel multi-domain hosting for laravel project

 STEP 1 — Create the Subdomain

                    cPanel → Domains → Create A New Domain (or Subdomains)

cPanel will automatically create:

/home/egproject/test.example.com/

STEP 2 — Correct Laravel Folder Structure (Very Important)

/home/egproject/

    test/                             ← FULL Laravel project

   test.example.com/        ← ONLY public folder contents

STEP 3 — Upload Files Properly

1️⃣ Upload full project here:

/home/egproject/test/

         

app/

bootstrap/

config/

database/

public/

resources/

routes/

storage/

vendor/

.env

artisan

2️⃣ Now open:

/home/egproject/test/public/

Copy EVERYTHING inside public folder to:

/home/egproject/test.example.com/

So that folder contains:

index.php

.htaccess

css/

js/

images/

 STEP 4 — Modify index.php (CRITICAL)

/home/egproject/test.example.com/index.php

Change these lines:

FROM:

require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php';

TO:

require __DIR__.'/../test/vendor/autoload.php';
$app = require_once __DIR__.'/../test/bootstrap/app.php';

Because your Laravel core lives in /test.

STEP 5 — Update .env

APP_URL=https://test.example.com

DB_HOST=localhost

DB_DATABASE=egproject_db

DB_USERNAME=egproject_user

DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword

STEP 6 — Permissions (Very Important)

In File Manager:

Set:

test/storage → 755
test/bootstrap/cache → 755

If errors:

chmod -R 775 storage
chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache

STEP 7 — Set up database

    cPanel → Database Manager → Create DB and setup user for that

How to allow higher MB file uploads by increasing size in server php.ini

1) Check php version using the command:

                            php -v

2) Make sure server is using apache php or php cli by using the below command

                        sudo systemctl status

3) Check if any php-fpm is running. else

            sudo nano  /etc/php/8.4/cli/php.ini

4) Edit php.ini and change these values from 2M to 10 or 20 M

                    upload_max_filesize = 10M 

                    post_max_size = 10M

4. Restart web server:

                    sudo systemctl restart php8.4-fpm

                     sudo systemctl restart apache2

Get Gmail App Password for email notification through laravel app

 

First, you need to create an App Password from your Google Account:

    Go to your Google Account: https://myaccount.google.com/

    Click on "Security" in the left menu

    Enable "2-Step Verification" if not already enabled

    Go back to Security → 2-Step Verification

    Scroll down to "App passwords"

    Select "Mail" and "Other (Custom name)"

    Enter a name like "Laravel App"

    Click "Generate"

    Copy the 16-character password (no spaces)

     

     Update .env file with the following info:

MAIL_MAILER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your-email@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=your-16-char-app-password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="your-email@gmail.com"
MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

     

     

     

     

How to change git origin for repo after making a copy of the repo

 1) Locally  run the following commands for the existing repo:

                        git remote -v

This will help us find the current remote origin

2) Set remote origin to the new repo:

                    git remote set-url origin git@gitlab.com:folder/repo.git

3) Locally ensure that it is in the correct branch

                    git checkout import-main

4) if activities were done in a new branch, merge it with the current branch "import main"

                                                  git merge main

5) push the code to the git

                        git push