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Intermediate LevelLaravel

What is Laravel Envoy and how does it execute SSH task deployment scripts?

❓ Interview Prompt: Explain Laravel Envoy (Envoy.blade.php), @servers configuration, @task definition, story workflows, and zero-downtime releases.

Laravel Envoy provides a clean Blade-like syntax for defining remote SSH tasks executed on production servers.

Key Use Cases:

Running zero-downtime deployment scripts, running migrations, clearing production caches, and executing maintenance tasks across server clusters.

Code Implementation Example

blade
@servers(['web' => ['user@192.168.1.1']])

@task('deploy', ['on' => 'web'])
    cd /var/www/app
    git pull origin main
    composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
    php artisan migrate --force
    php artisan config:cache
@endtask
💡Envoy.blade.php deployment script defining remote server tasks.
🎯 Interview Key Takeaway

Use Laravel Envoy to write expressive SSH deployment and maintenance scripts for remote server management.

#Envoy#Deployment#SSH#Intermediate
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