BenjaminDurham

.env settings
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MAIL_DRIVER=mail
MAIL_HOST=localhost
MAIL_PORT=25
MAIL_USERNAME=
MAIL_PASSWORD=
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null

Other info

BenjaminDurham

cd into your Homestead box location and vi homestead.yaml; map your folders, dbs, and domains
sudo vi /etc/hosts; add your VM's IP with a friendly domain name
cd into projcet home directory; composer install, npm install
copy .env.example and adjust settings
cd into Homestead box location and vagrant up or use 'Homestead up' if you have the alias
ssh into Homestead and 'php artisan key:generate'
vagrant provision

BenjaminDurham

In the terminal/console:
ps aux | grep mongodb
Use the returned process number below:
sudo kill -9 <process number goes here>
Now you can restart MongoDB by entering mongod

BenjaminDurham

mysqldump --xml -t {username} -p {database} > {filename.xml}