First-time Laravel 5.0 Setup

If you want a video to get you through most of these steps, watch the Laracast.

1. Setup Composer

I already had composer installed, but I need to update it. To update composer, run this command:

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$ composer self-update

Also, make sure composer is in your

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PATH

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~/.bash_profile

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export PATH=~/.composer/vendor/bin:$PATH

2. Install Vagrant

Download vagrant. After installing, you should be able to run

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vagrant

3. Install Virtualbox

Download VirtualBox.

4. Install Homestead

This command takes maybe 5-10 minutes.

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$ vagrant box add laravel/homestead
$ composer global require "laravel/homestead=~2.0"
$ homestead init

5. Setup up SSH keys

If you haven’t already setup your SSH keys, run:

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$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"

6. Configure Homestead

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$ homestead edit

1. Set

   1	folders: map:

   to the directory where all your projects are
2. Set

   1	folders: to:

   to

   1	/home/vagrant/

   + the name of the last directory in

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   map:

   above

NOTE: these two folders will automatically always be in sync.

Setup A New Laravel 5.0 Project

Server Setup

1. Configure Project in Homestead

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$ homestead edit

1. Set

   1	sites: map:

   to

   1	myproject.app

2. Set

   1	sites: to:

   to

   1	/home/vagrant/path/to/myproject/public

3. Copy the

   1

   ip:

   up top on this file for the next step

2. Add Project Url To Hosts File

Add this line to your

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/etc/hosts

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YOUR_IP

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YOUR_IP myproject.app

3. Run Site Locally

After this command and you should be able to access

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http://myproject.app

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$ homestead up

Database Access

1. Add Project DB Credentials to Homestead

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$ homestead edit

1. Add to

   1	databases:

   your project’s database:

   1	- myproject

2. Copy the

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   ip:

   up top on this file for the Sequel Pro step

2. Configure Database Credentials

Open

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myproject/.env

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DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_DATABASE=myproject
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

3. Access Database Via Sequel Pro

Open Sequel Pro and setup a new connection, replacing

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YOUR_IP

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Name: My Project
Host: YOUR_IP
Username: homestead
Password: secret
Database: myproject

4. Access Database through Terminal

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$ homestead ssh
$ cd path/to/myproject
$ mysql -uhomestead -p
mysql> show databases;

Laravel 5.0 Project Migration and Seeding

1. Add UserTableSeeder

Add

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UserTableSeeder.php

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myproject/databases/seeds/

NOTE: In order to use the

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User

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use App\User;

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<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use App\User;

class UserTableSeeder extends Seeder {

    /**
     * Run the database seeds.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function run()
    {
        Model::unguard();

        DB::table('users')->delete();

        User::create([
            'name' => 'Your Name',
            'email' => 'your@email.com',
            'password' => 'your_password'
        ]);
    }

}

2. Edit DatabaseSeeder

Uncomment the following in in

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myproject/databases/seeds/DatabaseSeeder.php

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$this->call('UserTableSeeder');

3. Run Migration and Seeder

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$ homestead ssh
$ cd path/to/myproject
$ php artisan migrate:refresh --seed

If that doesn’t work, run

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composer dump-autoload

4. Check in DB for tables and values

Yeah… do that ^

Have Questions or Feedback?

Feel free to leave a comment below or tweet me @kevinkirchner.

Go Read Some Documentation

This should get you up and running. If there’s more you need to figure out, read through the laravel docs (http://laravel.com/) and check out laracasts at (https://laracasts.com)