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<\/div>After installation, head to the VPS Hostinger dashboard overview page, and copy your IP address<\/a>.<\/p> Log in to Laravel Forge<\/a><\/b> and navigate to the Create Server<\/b> section.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Select Custom VPS<\/b> as your provider (shown in the screenshot).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Fill in the following details:<\/p>\n Name<\/b>: Give your server a name, e.g., example.vps<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Type<\/b>: Choose your application type, based on your needs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n IP Address<\/b>: Enter your VPS public IP address, e.g., 222.222.22.22.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n SSH Port<\/b>: Default port is 22 unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Once the details are filled, click on Create Server<\/b> to proceed. You will see the server’s provisioning command and server credentials. Write them down for later use. For now, copy the provisioning command. Open SSH client (terminal, PuTTY, or web console in Hostinger dashboard<\/a>) and connect to the server using Once logged in, paste and run the server’s provisioning command from Laravel Forge. This command will install all the necessary dependencies and configure your server for Laravel Forge management.<\/p> After running the command, Laravel Forge will automatically handle the following steps:<\/p> Preparing the server<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Configuring swap<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Installing base dependencies (e.g., Ubuntu updates)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Installing PHP, Nginx, Database, Redis, and Memcached (based on your chosen type).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul> Wait for Forge to complete the installation, which may take several minutes.<\/p> Enter all the necessary information (domain, aliases) and press “Add Site”.<\/p> Your Hostinger VPS is now successfully configured to run Laravel Forge. You can manage your server via Laravel Forge, deploy PHP applications, and use additional services like Redis, Memcached, and databases.<\/p> For further development, visit Laravel Forge docs<\/a>. See How to use the Laravel VPS template at Hostinger<\/a> for other details about running Laravel on Hostinger VPS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Getting started guide with Laravel Forge and Hostinger VPS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/9979315-installing-laravel-forge-on-hostinger-s-vps","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22479,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions\/22479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Step 2 – Forge configuration<\/h2>
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<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>Step 3 – Server configuration<\/h2>
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<\/div>ssh root@your-ip-address<\/code> replacing your-ip-address with your server’s IP address found in your Hostinger dashboard.<\/p>Step 4 – Monitor the Provisioning Process<\/h2>
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<\/div>Step 5 – Create a new site<\/h2>
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<\/div>Step 6 – Access your domain<\/h2>
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