Laravel 13 + Vue 3 + Render Deployment Template

A ready-to-use template for deploying Laravel 13 applications on Render.com (Free Plan compatible).

Features

• PHP 8.3-FPM (Alpine): Lightweight Docker image.
• PostgreSQL: Production-ready database integration.
• Valkey/Redis: High-performance caching and queue management.
• Laravel Horizon: Real-time queue monitoring.
• Vite + Vue 3: Automated frontend builds.
• Single Container Design: Migrations, Horizon, and Server running in a single container for Free Plan efficiency.

Quick Start

1. Use this template / Clone this repository.
2. Create a new Web Service on Render from your repo.
3. Render will automatically detect render.yaml and provision:
   • Web Service (Laravel App)
   • PostgreSQL Instance
   • Valkey (Redis) Instance

Environment Variables

Ensure you set the following in Render Dashboard:

• APP_KEY: Your application key (php artisan key:generate --show).
• APP_URL: Your Render service URL. (https://****.onrender.com)
• APP_ENV: production.

Technical Notes

• Queues: Uses QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis.
• Worker: Horizon is launched in the background within the main container.
• Assets: Vite builds during the Docker build stage.
• Database: Automatic migrations on every deploy (php artisan migrate --force).

Horizon Dashboard

Accessible at /horizon. Authentication is required via HorizonServiceProvider.php.