In a non-automated deployment scenario, manually connecting to the server host’s internals is required every time.
Executing deployment commands or running deployment command executables not only involves inconvenience but also carries the risk of human error.
With Jenkins’ pipeline, we can replace manual execution, making deployments easier and more pleasant.

Google Container Registry is a service provided by Google for storing, managing, and securing Docker container images.
The objective at hand is to package a Docker image and push it to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using the ‘gcloud’ command for future deployment purposes.

In the past, developing Laravel projects locally mostly involved installing the required services directly on the machine.
Later, the recommended development environment by the official documentation, Homestead , became a popular choice.

If you are setting up a new cloud server and want to create a Laravel development environment using Docker on it.
And run Laravel’s common composer and artisan commands remotely, here’s a guide for you.

Some commonly used commands and related parameters on Docker and their usage.
In actual use, there are definitely more commands than those listed here.

Step-by-step guide for enabling Docker and Docker-compose services on a new cloud host.

Setting up a PostgreSQL Database with Docker
Including Database Setup, Data Persistence, Using GUI to Operate the Database