Laravel Easy is a turnkey virtual machine image designed to eliminate setup friction and accelerate your Laravel application deployments. It ships with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, PHP 8.x, the most common PHP extensions, Composer for dependency management, and Nginx as the web server—so you can focus on coding, not configuration. Key Features Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: Benefit from the latest long‑term support release, with security patches and stability guarantees. PHP 8.x & Extensions: Comes with PHP 8.x‑FPM and modules you’ll need out of the box: mbstring, XML, BC Math, MySQL, cURL, ZIP, and more. Composer Pre‑installed: Manage your Laravel (and other PHP) dependencies seamlessly from day one. Nginx Optimised: Configured for best‑practice performance and secure defaults, including GZIP compression, fast CGI caching, and HTTP/2 support. Secure by Default: UFW firewall rules for SSH and HTTP/HTTPS, unattended security updates, and a minimal attack surface. Easy Git Integration: Pull your application code directly from GitHub, Azure Repos, or any other Git host. Extensible & Customisable: Use Azure Custom Script Extensions or cloud‑init to add your own packages, users, and configurations at provisioning time. Use Cases Rapid development environments for Laravel developers Staging and QA servers with identical configurations to production Production‑ready small‑scale Laravel applications Teaching environments and workshops for PHP/Laravel training Getting Started Deploy: Select “Laravel Easy” from the Azure Marketplace and click “Create.” Configure: Provide your VM name, size, networking options, and SSH key. Access: SSH into your machine, navigate to /var/www/, and clone your Laravel repo. Launch: Adjust your .env settings, run composer install and php artisan migrate, then point your domain or public IP at your VM. Support & Updates FRWX provides regular image updates to incorporate the latest PHP releases, security patches, and performance enhancements. Technical support and documentation are available through our GitHub repository and Azure support channels.