# Forge: Introducing Server Types

DevFeed: [Forge: Introducing Server Types](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/forge-introducing-server-types-3663.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/forge-introducing-new-server-types>)

Author: James Brooks

Published: 2021-02-04T09:30:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nginx.md>), [Cache](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cache.md>), [Redis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/redis.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>)

Tags: [cache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cache.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [nginx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nginx.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [php](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/php.md>), [redis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redis.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel Forge introduces six server types for provisioning: App, Web, Worker, Database, Cache, and Load Balancer servers. The configurations separate application, web, database, cache, queue-worker, and traffic-distribution responsibilities across networked servers.

## Source excerpt

Today we are excited to announce a new way to provision different types of servers within Laravel Forge. When creating a Forge server, you will now have your choice of six different server types: **Ap...