Just to followup: php -v shows 5.5.9-1ubuntu4 and this linode is running Ubuntu 14.04LTS.

sudo php5enmod mcrypt

Hope it will help.

chamnan said:

sudo php5enmod mcrypt

Hope it will help.

Thanks for that!

If you try this

sudo php5enmod mcrypt

and get the following error:

• Module mcrypt ini file doesn't exist under /etc/php5/mods-available

Then try creating the following file:

\etc\php5\mods-available\mcrypt.ini

Put the following into that file and save it.

; configuration for php MCrypt module
extension=mcrypt.so

and then restart your web server and run this again

sudo php5enmod mcrypt

Check if you have hosted your Laravel app on Linode correctly. Follow this tutorial to deploy the app again: https://www.cloudways.com/blog/host-laravel-on-linode/ . This method of deploying on Linode is by far the easiest and quickest I have seen.

This guide might be helpful to you for installing Laravel on Cloud server: https://dev.to/rizwan_saquib/how-to-create-lamp-stack-with-laravel-on-digital-ocean-server

If manually configuring is complicated and difficult for you, then you may try out a managed hosting platform like Cloudways for that. Here is an example of how easy it is to hosting laravel on Linode: https://www.cloudways.com/blog/host-laravel-on-linode/