Go to your main Laravel Cloud dashboard page and select Add New > Application.
Select Continue with GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. A new tab/window will open. Sign in to your git provider (if not already) and select the user/organization and repositories you want to give Cloud access to.
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After completing the git provider authentication flow you will be redirected back to Laravel Cloud.
Select a repository and name your Cloud application (optional). Then click Create Application.
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Your application will be created along with a default environment. You will then be redirected to your application’s default environment overview page.
Congrats, you’ve now got your application setup on Laravel Cloud! For the simplest of apps, you might be ready to hit the Deploy button. Chances are, however, that you’ll want to make some customizations first like choosing a PHP version, adding environment variables, or setting up a database. If that sounds like you, continue on to the next section: Customizing your environment settings