What Are The Ways For Deploying Symfony Application?


The of deployment a Symfony application can be a complicated and distinct task depending on your applications’ requirements and the setup. Here we will discuss some of the most common ideas as well as requirements for Symfony web development services

Basics Of Symfony Deployment 


The general steps to consider while deploying a Symfony application are as follows:
  • Uploading the code to the production server.
  • Installation of your vendor dependencies, usually done through Composer and might be done before uploading. 
  • Updating any modified data structure by running database migrations or similar tasks.
  • Clearing and warming up your cache. 

Deployment of Symfony may also include some other tasks, which are as follows:
  • Tagging a specific version of your code in your source control repository as a release.
  • Building a temporary staging area to create your updated setup “Offline”.
  • Running any available tests in order to ensure code as well as server stability.
  • Keeping your production environment clean by removing any unnecessary files from the public/directory.
  • Clearing of external cache systems such as Redis or Memcached.

Deployment Strategies Of a Symfony Application

There are a number of ways to deploy a Symfony application. Let’s have a look at some of the basic ones here.

Wrapping Up:

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  • Basic File Transfer 
    Manually copying the files via FTP/SCP or similar method is the most basic way of deployment. Although this method has its disadvantages as the upgrade progresses and you lack control over the system. After the files are transferred, the method also requires you to take some manual steps.
  • Using Source Control
    If you are using source control such as Git or SVN, you can make the process simpler by having live installation be a copy of your repository. Fetch the latest updates from your source control system, once you are ready to upgrade. One common approach while using Git is to develop a tag for every release and then check out the appropriate tag on deployment. This makes it easier to update your files. However you still need to stress about manually taking other steps.
  • Using Platforms as a Service (Paa S)
    This one can be an amazing way to quickly deploy your Symfony app. There are a number of Paa S. Here are some that work great with Symfony - Heroku, Symfony Cloud, Azure, Platform.sh, Clever Cloud, Scalingo, fortrabbit.
  • Using Build Scripts and Other Tools
    There are tools available so as to ease out the struggles of deployment. Some of these have been specifically customized as per the requirements of Symfony.
  • EasyDeployBundle: A Symfony bundle to add deploy tools to your application. 
  • Deployer: Another native PHP rewrite of Capistrano, having some ready recipes for Symfony. 

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