2. Extract the Laravel archive and upload the contents to your web server.
3. Set the value of the **key** option in the **config/application.php** file to a random, 32 character string.
4. Navigate to your application in a web browser.
4. Verify that the `storage/views` directory is writable.
5. Navigate to your application in a web browser.
If all is well, you should see a pretty Laravel splash page. Get ready, there is lots more to learn!
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ServerName mysite.dev
</VirtualHost>
Notice that while we installed to **/Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite** our DocumentRoot points to /Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite/public**.
Notice that while we installed to **/Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite** our DocumentRoot points to **/Users/JonSnow/Sites/MySite/public**.
While pointing the DocumentRoot to the public folder is a commonly used best-practice, it's possible that you may need to use Laravel on a host that does not allow you to update your DocumentRoot. A collection of algorithms to circumvent this need can be found [http://forums.laravel.com/viewtopic.php?id=1258](on the Laravel forums.)
While pointing the DocumentRoot to the public folder is a commonly used best-practice, it's possible that you may need to use Laravel on a host that does not allow you to update your DocumentRoot. A collection of algorithms to circumvent this need can be found [on the Laravel forums.](http://forums.laravel.com/viewtopic.php?id=1258)