How does the application deployment process proceed…

The automated deployment process includes the following steps:

Getting the latest version of the code: Usually, a version control system (e.g., Git) is used to pull the latest changes from the repository.
```
# Example Git command to get the latest changes
git pull origin main
```
Installing dependencies: If the project uses a dependency manager (e.g., Composer), a command is run to install or update libraries.
```
// Example Composer command
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
```
Building the frontend (if applicable): If a frontend builder (e.g., Webpack, Gulp) is used, a command is executed to build static resources.
```
# Example NPM build command
npm run build
```
Database migrations: Scripts are run to bring the database structure in line with the current application version.
```
# Example command to run migrations
php artisan migrate --force # Laravel
```

Cache clearing and warming: The framework cache and data are cleared, then warmed up if necessary.

// Example commands to clear cache
php artisan cache:clear # Laravel
php artisan config:cache
php artisan route:cache
php artisan view:cache

Symbolic links and permissions: Necessary symbolic links and permissions to files and directories are configured.
```
# Example command to set permissions
chmod -R 755 storage
```
Switching the active version: If a "zero downtime" approach is used (e.g., creating a symbolic link current to the new build), the switch is made.
Restarting services (if necessary): If the application requires restarting the web server or queue workers, the appropriate command is executed.
```
# Example command to reload PHP-FPM
sudo systemctl reload php-fpm.service
```

This entire process is usually automated with scripts or specialized deployment tools (e.g., Capistrano, Deployer, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins).

How does the application deployment process proceed?