Groups and websites

Organize sites in groups and create your first website.

A group is a folder for related websites, like production, staging, or one per client. Open Groups, create one, then add websites inside it.

Create a website

Groups → your group → New website:

Field	Notes
Type	Backend, Frontend, or Full-stack: Laravel, PHP, Express, NestJS, Node.js, React, Vue.js, Angular, Svelte, Astro, Static HTML, Next.js, Nuxt, or SvelteKit. Chosen once, when the site is created. See Frameworks
Name	Shown in the panel
Domain	Like app.example.com. nginx uses it as server_name
Source	A connected GitHub App, a token, or a public repository URL
Branch	Pushes to this branch deploy (default main)
Cloudflare tunnel	Optional. Adds the domain to that tunnel
PHP / Node version	PHP 8.0–8.5 for PHP sites, Node 20/22/24 for Node servers and front-end builds
Build settings	Optional install, build, and start commands, and the output folder
Create a MySQL database	PHP sites: creates a database and user and fills DB_* in .env

The site is created under /var/www/{slug} with an nginx file, a process file where the type has one, and an environment file from templates. Nothing runs until the first deploy.

The website page

Tab	What it does
General	Name, domain, source, branch, tunnel, database
Environment	The .env file. Saving writes it and clears Laravel’s cached config
Runtime	PHP or Node version, port, build and start commands, output folder, Reverb; Regenerate files from the templates
Nginx	The site’s nginx file. Saving runs nginx -t before reloading
Security	Search engine blocking, crawler blocking, basic auth, blocked IPs
Monitoring	Live requests, charts, issues, heartbeats, attacks
Deployments	Deploy log, history, webhook, auto deploy
Logs / Health	Every log file of the site; health checks
Processes	Supervisor programs (Laravel) or the PM2 file (Node servers). Not shown for PHP and static sites
Terminal / Files	A terminal and a file manager inside the site’s folder
Danger zone	Delete the site and everything Laravelify installed for it

Ports

Node servers (Express, NestJS, Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit, Node.js) get ports from 3000 upward, Reverb from 8080 upward. Laravelify picks a free one; you can change it on the Runtime tab.

Changing the PHP or Node version, the port, or Reverb does not overwrite a hand-edited nginx file. Use Regenerate files when you want the template again.