NGINX

Server Block for Production app

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  185.38.44.97; 
    root   /home/larabase/public;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; 
    }

    location ~ \.php$ { 
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_pass   unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
	  fastcgi_param  APP_ENV  production;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }   
}

Note

• try_files $uri =404; - Prevents zero-day exploits
• try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; - Laravel Pretty URLs

APACHE: Set Environment Variable in Apache virtual host: SetEnv APP_ENV production