Production Guidlines

For production, you must update the .env file with the following configuration.

APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=false
FILESYSTEM_DISK=public

For issue on the file access:

 php artisan storage:link

If you need to clear the cache:

php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache

Security Checklist

• Serve your store over HTTPS — required for safe checkout and payment gateway callbacks.

• Change or remove every demo account before accepting real orders (see First Login).

• Set a strong, unique password for your Super Admin account.

• Keep APP_DEBUG=false in your .env once the store is live — debug mode exposes stack traces and configuration values to visitors.

• Restrict file permissions on .env and storage/ to what your web server actually needs (typically 775), not world-writable.

• Keep PHP and your database server patched with current security updates.