Deploying Laravel on AWS: A Production Checklist

Production Laravel deployments on AWS require more than uploading files to a server.

Use RDS for managed databases, S3 for media storage, ElastiCache for Redis sessions, and CloudFront for global asset delivery. Configure queue workers via Supervisor and schedule cron through Laravel's scheduler.

Always enable automated backups, set APP_DEBUG=false, run php artisan config:cache, and monitor with CloudWatch or a dedicated APM tool.