How to setup Ubuntu Server 18.04, Laravel and MySQL on VirtualBox

VirtualBox_UbuntuServer_Laravel_Mysql.txt

download and install virtualbox	
download Ubuntu Server LTS	
on virtualbox, click 'NEW'	
select "create a virtual hardisk" and "vdi (virtual disk image)" and "dynamically allocated"	
select location of the virtual hardisk from previous step	
select memory size (4gb)	
click create	
(the virtual machine is now created)	
select the virtual machine and click start	
select the Ubuntu Server LTS that you downloaded from step 2	
the installer will guide you through the installation of the Ubuntu Server LTS	
https://www.ceos3c.com/open-source/install-ubuntu-server-18-04-lts/	

sudo apt-get update	
sudo apt-get upgrade	
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php	
sudo apt-get update	
sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2 php7.2-xml php7.2-gd php7.2-opcache php7.2-mbstring php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql	
cd /tmp	
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php	
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer	
composer --version	
cd /var/www/html	
sudo composer create-project laravel/laravel my_laravel_app --prefer-dist	
12.) cd my_laravel_app	
composer install / sudo bower install --allow-root	
sudo chgrp -R www-data /var/www/html/your-project	
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/your-project/storage	
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/your-project/storage	
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/your-project/storage/logs	
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/your-project/public	
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available	
sudo nano laravel.conf	
18.) <VirtualHost *:80>		
    ServerName yourdomain.tld		
		
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost		
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/your-project/public		
		
    <Directory /var/www/html/your-project>		
        AllowOverride All		
    </Directory>		
		
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log		
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined		
</VirtualHost>		
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf		
sudo a2ensite laravel.conf		
sudo a2enmod rewrite		
22.) sudo service apache2 restart		
your virtualbox's network settings must be set to "Bridged Adapter"		
24.) on your windows computer, try accessing http://xxx.xxx.xx.x		
if the previous step loads the laravel default page, you can then clone your actual laravel project's repo, redo step 12-15 , reconfigure step18 for your actual app's directory, step22, step24		
https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-laravel-on-ubuntu-for-apache/		


HOW TO INSTALL BOWER:
sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -	
sudo apt-get install nodejs	
sudo npm install -g bower	
npm --version	
node --version	
bower --version