The two apps will be in two different repository.
react/src/login.js
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axios.defaults.baseURL = process.env.REACT_APP_API || "http://localhost:8000";
axios.defaults.headers.common["Accept"] = "application/json";
axios.defaults.withCredentials = true;
...
The REACT_APP_API variable is defined in react/.env
REACT_APP_API="https://api.domain.com.au"
Create the file react/public/.htaccess
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.html [QSA,L]
Start the react server
npn run start
package.json file should include this
"homepage": "https://domain.com.au",
.env file
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APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS=localhost:3000
SESSION_DOMAIN=.localhost
...
Start the the laravel server
php artisan serve
The app is installed under /var/www/api
.env file
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APP_URL=https://api.domain.com
SANCTUM_STATEFUL_DOMAINS=domain.com.au
SESSION_DOMAIN=.domain.com.au
...
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/api-le-ssl.conf
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName api.domain.com.au
DocumentRoot /var/www/api/public
<Directory /var/www/api/public/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/api.domain.com.au-0001/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/api.domain.com.au-0001/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
The app is installed under /var/www/frontend/build
I run the npm run build command in my local machine and I upload the build folder
/var/www/frontend/build/
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/frontend-le-ssl.conf
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
ServerName domain.com.au
ServerAlias www.domain.com.au
DocumentRoot /var/www/frontend/build
<Directory /var/www/frontend/build/>
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.html index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
Include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf
SSLCertificateFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com.au-0001/fullchain.pem
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/letsencrypt/live/domain.com.au-0001/privkey.pem
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>