Laravel - "Unable to write in the "/var/www/html/laraapp/public/storage/documents/appraisal_goal" directory" - laravel

Question

I deployed my Laravel-5.8 application on Digital Ocean which uses Ubuntu-18. When I wanted to save image into my Laravel App on Digital Ocean:
public function create()
{
$userCompany = Auth::user()->company_id;
$userEmployee = Auth::user()->employee_id;
$identities = DB::table('appraisal_identity')->select('id','appraisal_name')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->where('is_current', 1)->first();
$employees = DB::table('hr_employees')->select('id')->where('id', $userEmployee)->first();
// dd($employees);
$goaltypes = AppraisalGoalType::where('company_id', $userCompany)->get();
$categories = AppraisalGoalType::with('children')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->whereNull('parent_id')->get();
return view('appraisal.appraisal_goals.create')
->with('goaltypes', $goaltypes)
->with('categories', $categories)
->with('identities', $identities)
->with('employees', $employees)
;
}
public function store(StoreAppraisalGoalRequest $request)
{
$appraisalStartDate = Carbon::parse($request->appraisal_start_date);
$appraisalEndDate = Carbon::parse($request->appraisal_end_date);
$userCompany = Auth::user()->company_id;
$employeeId = Auth::user()->employee_id;
$identities = DB::table('appraisal_identity')->select('id','appraisal_name')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->where('is_current', 1)->first();
$employees = DB::table('hr_employees')->select('id')->where('id', $employeeId)->first();
DB::beginTransaction();
try {
$goal = new AppraisalGoal();
$goal->goal_type_id = $request->goal_type_id;
$goal->appraisal_identity_id = $request->appraisal_identity_id;
$goal->employee_id = $request->employee_id; //$employeeId; //$request->employees_id
$goal->weighted_score = $request->weighted_score;
$goal->goal_title = $request->goal_title;
$goal->goal_description = $request->goal_description;
$goal->company_id = Auth::user()->company_id;
$goal->created_by = Auth::user()->id;
$goal->created_at = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$goal->is_active = 1;
if ($request->appraisal_doc != "") {
$appraisal_doc = $request->file('appraisal_doc');
$new_name = rand() . '.' . $appraisal_doc->getClientOriginalExtension();
$appraisal_doc->move(public_path('storage/documents/appraisal_goal'), $new_name);
$goal->appraisal_doc = $new_name;
}
$goal->save();
foreach ( $request->activity as $key => $activity){
$startDate = Carbon::parse($request->start_date[$key]);
$endDate = Carbon::parse($request->end_date[$key]);
$goaldetail = new AppraisalGoalDetail();
$goaldetail->kpi_description = $request->kpi_description[$key];
$goaldetail->appraisal_doc = $request->application_doc[$key];
$goaldetail->activity = $request->activity[$key];
$goaldetail->start_date = $startDate ->toDateTimeString();
$goaldetail->end_date = $endDate->toDateTimeString();
$goaldetail->appraisal_goal_id = $goal->id;
$goaldetail->appraisal_identity_id = $goal->appraisal_identity_id;
$goaldetail->employee_id = $goal->employee_id;
$goaldetail->company_id = Auth::user()->company_id;
$goaldetail->created_by = Auth::user()->id;
$goaldetail->created_at = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$goaldetail->is_active = 1;
$goaldetail->save();
}
$min_date = AppraisalGoalDetail::select('start_date')->where('appraisal_goal_id', $goal->id)->min('start_date');
$max_date = AppraisalGoalDetail::select('end_date')->where('appraisal_goal_id', $goal->id)->max('end_date');
$parentid = AppraisalGoalType::select('parent_id')->whereNotNull('parent_id')->where('company_id', $userCompany)->where('id', $goal->goal_type_id)->first();
$goal->update([
'appraisal_start_date' => $min_date,
'appraisal_end_date' => $max_date,
'parent_id' => $parentid->parent_id
]);
DB::commit();
Session::flash('success', 'Appraisal Goal is created successfully');
return redirect()->route('appraisal.appraisal_goals.index');
} catch (Exception $exception) {
dd($exception->getMessage());
DB::rollback();
Session::flash('error', 'Action failed! Please try again');
return redirect()->route('appraisal.appraisal_goals.index');
}
}
Everything works perfectly on the local server. But when I deployed it online to Digital Ocean. Then, when I click on submit, I got this error:
"Unable to write in the "/var/www/html/laraapp/public/storage/documents/appraisal_goal" directory"
How do I resolve it?
Thank you

Answer 1

You do not have necessary permission to write in storage folder.
Execute below command to provide necessary permission to write in storage folder
chmod 755 -R /var/www/html/laraapp/public/storage
chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/laraapp/public/storage