Question

On App Platform, Where do I put db migration and other commands, run or buid?

I just started working with App Platform and I am unsure which commands I should be adding in Run vs Build steps.

I am deploying a Laravel App and I need to run DB migrations, route caching, & config caching.

php artisan migrate --force
# Clear caches
php artisan cache:clear

# Clear expired password reset tokens
php artisan auth:clear-resets

# Clear and cache routes
php artisan route:cache

# Clear and cache config
php artisan config:cache

# Clear and cache views
php artisan view:cache

Should these be Build Commands after my composer install or should they be Run Commands before I run heroky-php-apahce2?

Or does it matter?

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Bobby Iliev • March 4, 2021
Accepted Answer

Hi there,

I would usually put then in the run section.

Here is a cool 1 hour long video that shows how to build and deploy Laravel on the App platform:

https://youtu.be/QnNA7YdvCYA?t=2278

At minute 38:00 you can see the migration part.

Another good resource is this tutorial here that shows you how to use the doctl command line to deploy Laravel to the App platform:

https://dev.to/erikaheidi/deploying-a-laravel-application-to-digitalocean-app-platform-via-doctl-with-an-app-spec-yaml-file-4dib

In that article, Erika uses a separate Job component for the migrations.

Hope that this helps! Regards, Bobby