Laravel Worldwide Meetup - Laravel Cloud: Q & A with Taylor Otwell

This month we are joined by Laravel creator and CEO Taylor Otwell. As the official Laravel Cloud release draws nearer - Taylor joins us for a Question-and-answer period about all things Laravel Cloud! 2:22 - Introduction 3:03 - Community Resources: https://laravel-news.com/ / https://podcast.laravel-news.com/ - Explore the Laravel News site & podcast for the latest updates and discussions https://laravelpodcast.com/ - Laravel and PHP discussions with Matt Stauffer & Taylor Otwell https://larajobs.com/ - The official Laravel Job Board https://laracasts.com - A great platform to check out to build your Laravel skills 4:16 - Events: Laracon EU - https://laracon.eu/ - Feb 3-4, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands GTA PHP User Group - meetup.com/gta-php-user-group-toronto 4:43 - Host - Learn more at https://www.vehikl.com or reach out at [email protected] 5:16 - JetBrains Giveaway - please use the QR code at the end of the meetup! Enter anytime before January 7th for a chance to win one of two JetBrains coupons 5:38 - Taylor Otwell Introduction 7:10 - What is Cloud and how is it different from other Laravel products? 11:00 - Is Forge or Vapour going away? 11:32 - Is Cloud built on AWS? 12:30 - Who is Cloud for? 14:30 - Is there a timeline for general access to Cloud? 15:53 - How has the feedback from early access customers been so far? 17:10 - What will cost / pricing look like? 23:25 - Will there be support for migrating from Vapour or Forge to Cloud? 25:12 - Will storage be baked in or will you need to bring your own? 26:45 - What databases be supported on Cloud? 28:10 - What regions will Cloud be available in? 28:49 - Will Docker images be supported in Cloud? 29:23 - Will Cloud have its own container orchestration? 30:27 - Will there be support for preview deployments? 32:15 - How will different environments be configured? 35:24 - Will you be able to monitor Cloud with Nightwatch? 37:45 - When will Nightwatch be available? 38:12 - Can you use Horizon to monitor ques? 39:02 - What is the long-term plan for Cloud? 40:50 - How will Cloud support scaling? 42:14 - Will I be able to SSH into my server? 43:38 - Will there eventually be a public API available? 44:05 - What similar features from Forge will there be in Cloud? 45:30 - Is there a feature or aspect of Cloud that Taylor is particularly proud of? 46:50 - What does the roadmap after launch look like? 50:10 - End slides - Thank you to our guest: - Taylor Otwell, follow him on X (https://x.com/taylorotwell) & check out https://cloud.laravel.com/ - Sign up for reminders to stay up to date on the latest events @ https://meetup.laravel.com - Follow our co-host Margaret Tavares on X (https://x.com/margarettavares) & LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/margarettavares/) - Follow our co-host Dan Soppelsa on X (https://x.com/dansoppelsa) & LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dansoppelsa/)