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One of Forge's killer features is that it can provision servers with your choice of database: MySQL, MariaDB or PostgreSQL. Once the server has provisioned you can then use Forge to:Create new databasesCreate new database usersManage database usersWhilst that was already a useful set of... Mon, 30 Nov 2020 14:26:41 +0000

PHP 8 has been officially released! We've been hard at work behind the scenes to provide support for all our libraries so that upgrading to PHP 8 with Laravel is easy. Fri, 27 Nov 2020 15:08:01 +0000

As you may know, Vapor allows you to specify which PHP version a given environment runs on. Of course, we want you to be able to use the latest PHP features as soon as possible. Beginning today, you may now specify "php-8.0" as your application's runtime. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 16:39:53 +0000

Since launching Forge's Database Backup feature back in February, our customers have created thousands of backup configurations, which have made hundreds of thousands of backups and counting. In June, we extended the backup providers to support any S3-compatible host,... Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:38:55 +0000

Starting today, you can provision T4g AWS servers using Laravel Forge. These instance types are powered by AWS Graviton2, a processor built by AWS using 64-bit ARM cores. These instance types provide a performance benefit of up to 40% at a 20%... Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:49:49 +0000

Starting today, you may also choose the EU (Milan) region when starting a new project on Vapor. This new region offers low latency for customers seeking to serve end-users in Italy. Fri, 20 Nov 2020 11:26:01 +0000

The Laravel team is proud to introduce you to our new podcast: Laravel Internals - a live YouTube podcast about Laravel, Forge, Vapor, Envoyer related news, and more. Thu, 19 Nov 2020 14:36:25 +0000

Beginning today, all new load balancers will use a security policy that no longer supports TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1. Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:05:02 +0000

Starting today, if you face a LetsEncrypt issue, Forge will do its best to diagnose the problem, and offer you at least one solution. Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:00:53 +0000

Today we're excited to introduce a new feature to Laravel Forge called Nginx Templates. These templates allow you to define your own base Nginx configuration files that can be used when creating your sites.You may have found yourself needing to make manual... Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:56:53 +0000

Today we're excited to release our API for Envoyer!You can create new API tokens from your Envoyer account page. Each token can be scoped to provide limited access to your data. Wed, 04 Nov 2020 15:36:04 +0000

Following the release of Composer 2 on October 24th, we wanted to share a guide on how to upgrade your servers to make the most of all the great benefits it brings.First, all new servers will automatically receive Composer 2 by default.For existing servers, you... Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:32:56 +0000

Over the last few days, we've been working on some enhancements on Vapor. Starting today, you can now quickly debug failing deployment hooks directly from the console. Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:36:24 +0000

As of today, newly issued LetsEncrypt certificates on Laravel Forge servers that run on Ubuntu 20.04 have TLS 1.3 enabled by default. TLS 1.3 offers a faster handshake and more secure cipher suites.If you have an existing LetsEncrypt certificate, you will need to issue a new... Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:55:03 +0000

Starting today, the Vapor UI allows you to create an RDS proxy to efficiently manage your database connections and allow many more connections than would typically be possible. Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:31:43 +0000

Forge has always supported using a custom Git provider for your projects, but starting today Forge has first-party support for self-hosted GitLab installations.This means that Forge now provides a better integration for your self-hosted GitLab repositories:Validation that the repository and... Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:33:45 +0000

When putting your application in maintenance mode using the `vapor down` command, your application will respond with a status code of 503 on every request. Beginning today, you may use the `secret` option on the `vapor down` command to specify a maintenance mode bypass token:... Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:41:55 +0000

Starting today, you can now serve assets from the root domain. To get started, just head over to your application's `config/vapor.php` file, and add an array of assets that should be served Wed, 23 Sep 2020 13:45:22 +0000

Yesterday we shipped an updated to [Envoyer](https://envoyer.io) that gives deployment steps a much needed refresh.  By default, Envoyer will perform four actions when deploying any project: 1. Clone New Release 2. Install Composer Dependencies (if configued) 3. Activate New... Tue, 22 Sep 2020 07:41:31 +0000

Starting today, you can now disable Vapor updates on the laravel-vapor-role role and manage this role yourself in AWS Console. To disable updates on the laravel-vapor-role role, just head over to... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:19:11 +0000