A Beginner's Guide to Deploying PHP Apps with Amezmo

If you're tired of complex deployment pipelines and fiddly VPS setups, Amezmo might be exactly what you need. It's a fully managed PHP hosting platform designed specifically for modern PHP apps like Laravel, Slim, and vanilla PHP.

In this beginner-friendly guide, we'll walk through how to deploy a PHP application on Amezmo in just a few minutes — no DevOps background required.

🧰 Why Use Amezmo?

Before we jump into the steps, here’s why Amezmo is worth considering:

• ⚡ Instant deployments via Git
• 🔒 Free SSL and daily backups
• 🐘 PHP 8.x support out of the box
• 🪄 Composer, queues, and crons built-in
• 🔥 No server maintenance required

It’s built for PHP, and that makes it super streamlined compared to general-purpose providers.

🛠️ Step 1: Sign Up and Create an App

1. Head to amezmo.com and sign up.
2. Once inside your dashboard, click "New App".
3. Choose:
   • A name for your app
   • Your Git provider (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
   • The branch to deploy
   • PHP version (e.g., PHP 8.2)
4. Click Create App.

Amezmo will spin up an isolated environment for your app — no server provisioning required!

🔧 Step 2: Configure Environment Settings

Head to the Environment tab for your app:

• Add .env variables (just like Laravel or other frameworks)
• Enable SSL for HTTPS (free via Let's Encrypt)
• Choose a document root — for Laravel, it's usually /public

Click Save after you configure your environment.

📦 Step 3: Deploy Your Code

Amezmo uses Git to deploy your app. It can pull directly from your Git repo.

To deploy:

• Either manually trigger a deploy from the dashboard or
• Push to the branch you connected during app creation

Amezmo will:

• Clone the repo
• Run composer install
• Deploy the app
• Reload your web process

It’s that simple.

⚙️ Step 4: Set Up Queues, Crons, and Background Tasks

Laravel users — you're in luck.

Under the Workers section, you can:

• Add a php artisan queue:work process
• Schedule artisan schedule:run in the Crons tab (every minute)
• Run any long-running command you need

No need to SSH in or configure Supervisor manually.

📁 Step 5: Manage Storage and Backups

Amezmo gives you:

• Persistent /storage directory
• Daily automatic backups of code and DB
• One-click restore in case of failure

For Laravel apps, storage is already pre-configured. Just run:

bash
php artisan storage:link