laravel right server configuration for host several site - apache

Question

I got a laravel project uploaded on a vps, I can't understand how to configure all things to have:
more than one site(laravel project) on the vps; (that is is tricky, because all configuration examples that i've found talking about pointing the root of the server to the public laravel's folder)
having .env and .composer and all the system folders not accesible directly;
wich are the right user and permission to set on the various folders;
In my system ive :
www-data classic apache group with standard privileges;
a non root user, used even to access to mysql and ftp service;
a root user;
I'm using apache2 over ubuntu server 16.04.

Answer 1

According to the Question, I assume that you want to host multiple Laravel Sites on the VPS without messing anything up!Here we go!
Let's Assume that you create the Directories of your site in /var/www directory because it's where your Basic Apache directory will be.Configuration for Site 1:
->Virtual Host for Site 1
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "var/www/site1/public"
ServerName www.site1.com
# Other directives here
</VirtualHost>
-> Directory for Site 1 (Upload your Project here): /var/www/site1
Configuration for Site 2:
->Virtual Host for Site 2
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "var/www/site2/public"
ServerName www.site2.com
# Other directives here
</VirtualHost>
-> Directory for Site 2 (Upload your Project here): /var/www/site2
Here is the Trick! As Laravel have its index.php file in the Public Folder of the Project, Your Domains will point to /var/www/site-x/public folder for the specific site! They will have their own composer and config files in /var/www/site-x/ directories of their own! So, This is how you can host multiple Laravel sites on the same VPS without messing anything up! I am using the same technique! I think it's the only one trick to do so! Let me know if that works!