cPanel Setup (CLI)

Access SSH #

1. Log in to cPanel.
2. Go to Advanced → Terminal (or use an SSH client like PuTTY).
3. Connect using your cPanel username and password if using an external client:

ssh [email protected]

Create a MySQL Database and User #

You can do this via cPanel → MySQL Databases (GUI), even if installing via CLI.

1. Create a new database (e.g., quick_ecommerce_api).
2. Create a new database user with a strong password.
3. Assign full privileges to this user on the new database.

Upload or Clone Project Files #

Option 1 — Upload Zip file via cPanel #

1. Upload Quick-Ecommerce-API.zip to your subdomain folder (/home/username/admin or /public_html/admin).
2. Extract the zip file from CLI:

unzip Quick-Ecommerce-API.zip -d ./ 

Ensure your Laravel files are directly inside your subdomain folder (not nested).

Install Dependencies via Composer #

Inside your Laravel API folder:

cd admin      # or the folder where you uploaded
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader

Configure Environment File

Set File Permissions #

chmod -R 755 .
chmod -R 775 storage
chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache

If permission issues continue, you may need to use:

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache

Run Laravel Commands #

php artisan key:generate
php artisan storage:link
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache

Troubleshooting #

• 500 Error: Recheck folder permissions for storage and bootstrap/cache.
• Database error: Ensure .env credentials match the cPanel database settings.
• Composer not found: Ask your host to enable Composer or install it locally and upload vendor folder manually.

Installer Access (Laravel #

Open your browser and go to either of these URLs:

https://your-domain.com

https://your-domain.com/public