How to Set Up File Permissions in Laravel 8

In this tutorial you will learn about the How to Set Up File Permissions in Laravel 8 and its application with practical example.

In this How to Set Up File Permissions in Laravel 8  tutorial I will show you how to set file permission or directory permission in laravel 8 application. In this tutorial you will learn to set file permission in laravel, you will also learn to set directory permission in laravel 8.

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When we create a new laravel 8 application we may encounter some errors related due to file permission in laravel. Below is list of some of common issues we may encounter:

  • How to fix Error: laravel.log could not be opened Permission denied?
  • How to set up file permissions for Laravel?
  • Laravel – bootstrap/cache/services.php missing
  • Laravel – bootstrap/cache directory must be present and writable
  • Laravel – bootstrap/frameworks/sessions.php, views.php, services.php missing
  • failed to clear cache. make sure you have the appropriate permissions

How to Set Up File Permissions in Laravel 8

In this step by step tutorial I will help you to fix some of common issues related to files permission in laravel.

Step 1 – Install Laravel 8 App

First of all we need to create a fresh laravel project, download and install Laravel 8 using the below command

Step 2 – Start Development Server

Now, lets start the development server using following artisan command –

Now, open the following URL in browser to see the output –

Solution 1 – Server Error 500 when accessing Laravel 8 (Solve)

After fresh laravel 8 installation we get  server error 500 when we accessing project root . So, you can try to run the following command on terminal. You may also need to adjust the permissions of storage and bootstrap/cache.

Solution 2 – laravel.log could not be opened?

If you now face Laravel failed to open stream permission denied storage error. Now I will show you how to solve storage/logs/laravel.log” could not be opened: failed to open stream: permission denied. It turns out I was missing a view directories in laravel_root/storage/. In order to fix this, all I had to do was:

Then, You need to adjust the permissions of storage and bootstrap/cache.

Solution 3 – Laravel – bootstrap/cache/cache.php, sessions.php, views.php, services.php missing

Create these directories if they don’t exist in laravel:

Then

Try to set correct permissions to the storage folder: chmod -R 775 storage/

In this tutorial we have learn about the How to Set Up File Permissions in Laravel 8 and its application with practical example. I hope you will like this tutorial.