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Essential Production Pre-Flight Checklist

Environment Mode: Set APP_ENV=production and APP_DEBUG=false in .env.
Optimized Autoloader: Run composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader.
Strict DocumentRoot: Ensure the web server document root points exclusively to the public/ folder, keeping application logic isolated.
Writable Directories: Grant write permissions for storage/ and storage/cache/ to the web server process user.
Nexify Real-Time Endpoint: Nexify automatically connects to your application's domain/port (e.g. wss://yourdomain.com), or set NEXIFY_PUBLIC_URL for custom CDN/proxy paths.

Target Hosting Environments

Select your deployment environment for detailed architecture diagrams, Nginx/Apache/IIS configs, and process supervisor scripts:

Target Environment	Runtime Stack	Guide Link
Linux Dedicated / VPS	Ubuntu / Debian / RHEL with Nginx, PHP-FPM, and systemd	Linux VPS Guide →
Windows Server (IIS)	Windows Server with IIS 10, FastCGI, and URL Rewrite 2.1	Windows IIS Guide →
cPanel / Shared Hosting	Apache / LiteSpeed with `.htaccess` and cPanel symlinks	cPanel Guide →
Docker & Cloud PaaS	Multi-stage Dockerfile, Fly.io, Railway, Render, Cloud Run	Containers & PaaS →

Production Optimization Steps

Execute these terminal commands prior to routing live traffic:

# 1. Install production dependencies without development dev-tools
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --no-interaction

# 2. Clear stale cache files
php dipperlook cache:clear

# 3. Execute outstanding database migrations
php dipperlook migrate --force

Next Steps

Review runtime requirements and project bootstrapping in Installation Guide.
Configure persistent WebSocket background workers in Nexify Real-Time.
Set up production database connection pools in Database & Eloquent.