Launching Laravel Octane

To launch Laravel Octane, run the following command:

php artisan octane:start

Once Laravel Octane is started you can visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser.

Your browser will be shown the classic Laravel welcome page. There are no visual differences in the welcome pages of Laravel and Laravel Octane. The big difference is the way your application is served via HTTP.

You can control the execution of Octane with some parameters:

• --host: Default 127.0.0.1, the IP address the server should bind to
• --port: Default 8000, the port the server should be available on
• --workers: Default auto, the number of workers that should be available to handle requests
• --max-requests: Default 500, the number of requests to process before reloading the server

For example, you can launch Octane with just two workers:

php artisan octane:start --workers=2

So now, open the page at http://localhost:8000 more than twice (two is the number...