Steps to follow before making live project in laravel.

 Below are some points that should be kept in mind while making laravel project live.

1.    php artisan optimize:clear    

        composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev

        composer dump-autoload --optimize 

        Laravel Telescope: If you have installed packages like Laravel Telescope or Debugbar, you should            disable or remove them in production: To remove run below command
        composer remove laravel/telescope barryvdh/laravel-debugbar

        Use Composer to check for any known security vulnerabilities in your dependencies:

        composer audit

2.    In the .env file
                APP_DEBUG=false. 

                LOG_LEVEL=error.  

                APP_ENV=production

3.    In the app.php

        $envKeys = [];
$serverKeys = [];
$cookieKeys = [];
foreach ( $_ENV as $key => $value ) { if(is_string($value)) $envKeys[] = $key; }
foreach ( $_SERVER as $key => $value ) { if(is_string($value)) $serverKeys[] = $key; }
foreach ( $_COOKIE as $key => $value ) { if(is_string($value)) $cookieKeys[] = $key; }       

        Inside return [
            'debug_blacklist' => [
                '_COOKIE'   => $cookieKeys,
                '_SERVER'   => $serverKeys,
                '_ENV'      => $envKeys,
            ],

4. .htaccess

    <Files ~ "\.(git|env|json|config.js|md|gitignore|gitattributes|lock|example)$">
        Order allow,deny
        Deny from all
    </Files>

    <Files ~ "(artisan)$">
      Order allow,deny
        Deny from all
    </Files>

5. php artisan storage:link 

6. Remove tests folder from project.