Laravel Forge

# Server Providers

# Supported Server Providers

Forge supports a range of third-party server providers:

  • DigitalOcean
  • Linode Cloud
  • Amazon AWS
  • Vultr
  • Hetzner Cloud

Bring Your Own Provider

If your preferred provider is not baked into Forge, you can always use the Custom VPS option.

# Linking Additional Server Providers

You can link additional server providers from your account profile. You can access your account profile via the drop-down selection menu at the top-right of the Forge UI. Once you have accessed your account profile, you should navigate to the "Server Providers" tab.

# DigitalOcean Backups

If you are using DigitalOcean as your server provider, you may also enable the DigitalOcean Weekly Backups feature.

Backups

Forge is not responsible for your backups. Enabling this feature only tells DigitalOcean to make weekly backups of your server.

# Amazon AWS API Access

There are a few requirements you should review to ensure Forge works correctly with AWS:

  • AWS IAM user must have Programmatic API Access.
  • AWS IAM user needs to belong to a group with AmazonEC2FullAccess and AmazonVPCFullAccess managed policies.
  • If you are using an existing VPC, the subnet must be configured to auto-assign public IP addresses.
  • If you are using an existing VPC, the default security group must allow Forge to SSH into the server. Here is an example:
Type Protocol Port Range Source Description
HTTP TCP 80 Custom 0.0.0.0/0
HTTP TCP 80 Custom ::/0
SSH TCP 22 Custom YOUR_IP_ADDRESS/32 SSH from your IP
SSH TCP 22 Custom 159.203.161.246/32 SSH from Forge
SSH TCP 22 Custom 159.203.163.240/32 SSH from Forge
HTTPS TCP 443 Custom 0.0.0.0/0
HTTPS TCP 443 Custom ::/0

# Vultr API Access

The Vultr server provider requires you to add the Forge IP addresses to an allowed list, so that Forge can communicate with your servers. Make sure that you do this before provisioning a server via Forge.

# Linode API Access

When creating a new API token in your account, Linode will ask you which permissions are needed. You will need to select:

  • Linodes - Read/Write
  • IPs - Read/Write

You may also wish to set the token to never expire.

# Bring Your Own Server

Alongside supporting several providers, Forge also supports the ability to use your own server. When creating a new server, select the Custom VPS option.

There are a few requirements to ensure that this works successfully:

  • The server your connecting to must be running a fresh installation of Ubuntu 20.04 x64.
  • Your server must be accessible externally over the internet.
  • There must be a root user with no password.

During the creation process, you may customize the SSH Port that is used (defaulted to 22).

Please refer to the Forge IP address documentation if you restrict SSH access by IP.

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