How to clone and set up a laravel app

setting_up_laravel_app.md

Setting up a Laravel

Using a git repository

• Step 1: Clone repository

  git clone https://....

• Step 2: Install required dependecies

  composer install
  

• Step 3: Create a Database

  mysql --user=root --password="" -e "CREATE DATABASE database_name"

  NOTE: mysql has to me added to $PATH environment

• Step 4: Rename .env.example file -> .env
  

  cp .env.example .env

• Step 5: Generate application key

  php artisan key:generate

• Step 6: Copy and Replace the following configuration to your new .env file

  DB_DATABASE=database_name
  DB_USERNAME=root
  DB_PASSWORD=

• Step 7: Run migrations and seeds

  php artisan migrate:fresh --seed
  

• Step 8: Install dependencies in your node_modules folder:

  npm install

  • If you want to watch all the changes you make in the application then run the following command in the root directory.

  npm run watch
  

  • To run the project you need to run following command in the project directory. It will compile the vue files & all the other project files. If you are making any changes in any of the .vue file then you need to run the given command again.

  npm run dev
  

  • If you want to run the project and make the build in the production mode then run the following command in the root directory, otherwise the project will continue to run in the development mode.

  npm run prod

• Step 8: Lunch the application on browser

  php artisan serve
  

  To change the port address, run the following command:

  php artisan serve --port=8080 // For port 8080
  sudo php artisan serve --port=80 // If you want to run it on port 80, you probably need to sudo.

• Step 8: Opening on browser

  Open http://127.0.0.1:8000/

** Required Permissions **

If you are facing any issues regarding the permissions, then you need to run the following command in your project directory:

sudo chmod -R o+rw bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R o+rw storage