Laravel Envoyer is a zero-downtime deployment tool specifically designed for PHP applications, providing atomic deployments and rollback capabilities.
Why It Matters
Envoyer ensures your application never goes offline during deployments, critical for businesses that can't afford downtime.
When to Use This
- Deploying Laravel applications with zero downtime
- Rolling back to previous versions instantly if issues arise
- Managing multiple environments (staging, production)
- Health check monitoring after deployments
- Queue worker management during deployments
Examples
- Atomic deployment that swaps symlinks atomically
- Automatic rollback triggered by failed health checks
- Blue-green deployment strategy for critical applications