I am trying to access my laravel site outside of the network to test functionality, but I am running into some roadblocks I don't quite understand. I have found my computers public IP address, and I have my php artisan serving up my server (for development, won't go into production) yet when I go to the public IP address, it says "this site cannot be reached". I have tried to change my config files (000-default, default-ssl, apache2.conf, etc.) to have the servername be the same as my ip address, but still no luck. I am still a little new at server side things, and could use any help that is offered. Thank you for your help and suggestions!
If you are using mac you can install laravel's own tool valet so that you can have access to feature like site sharing just by running valet share in your command inside laravel project. Of course installing valet is not necessary what so ever.
There is a great tool called ngrok that helps you to share your local server globally. You can use either http or https to share you site.
You can follow the guide here at https://ngrok.com/