If your domain is showing the Laravel directory structure instead of your website when accessed, it usually means the web server is pointing to the wrong directory or the Laravel project is not correctly set up. Here's a step-by-step guide to troubleshoot and fix this issue.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Ensure the Web Server Points to the Correct Directory

Laravel projects should serve from the public directory. Configure your web server to point to this directory.

For Apache:

Open the Apache configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf  # For Amazon Linux

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf  # For Ubuntu

Change the DocumentRoot to the public directory of your Laravel project:

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DocumentRoot "/path/to/your/laravel/public"

<Directory "/path/to/your/laravel/public">

   AllowOverride All

   Require all granted

</Directory>

Save and close the file.

Enable the mod_rewrite module if it isn't already enabled:

sudo a2enmod rewrite  # For Ubuntu

sudo systemctl restart apache2  # Restart Apache to apply changes

sudo systemctl restart httpd  # For Amazon Linux

For Nginx:

Open the Nginx configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf  # For Amazon Linux

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default  # For Ubuntu

Update the server block to point to the public directory of your Laravel project:

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server {

   listen 80;

   server_name your_domain.com;

   root /path/to/your/laravel/public;

   index index.php index.html index.htm;

   location / {

       try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;

   }

   location ~ \.php$ {

       include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;  # For Ubuntu

       include fastcgi_params;  # For Amazon Linux

       fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;  # Adjust PHP version as needed

       fastcgi_index index.php;

       fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;

   }

}

Save and close the file.

Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

Restart Nginx to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

2. Ensure Laravel Permissions Are Correct

Make sure the storage and cache directories are writable:

cd /path/to/your/laravel

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage bootstrap/cache  # For Ubuntu

sudo chown -R apache:apache storage bootstrap/cache  # For Amazon Linux

sudo chmod -R 775 storage bootstrap/cache

3. Ensure .env File Is Correct

Verify that the .env file is correctly configured with your database and other settings.

4. Clear Laravel Cache

Clear and optimize Laravel caches:

php artisan cache:clear

php artisan config:clear

php artisan route:clear

php artisan view:clear

php artisan config:cache

php artisan route:cache

php artisan view:cache

5. Ensure Composer Dependencies Are Installed

Make sure all dependencies are installed:

cd /path/to/your/laravel

composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev