Installation

.ENV (noun: /Dot EE EN VEE/)

The .env file provides environment specific configurations that can be set differently depending on the environment (local, dev, qa, production, etc). Here is what an example .env looks like from the Phoenix repository.

When running the Phoenix setup command (as specified below) from scratch, a copy of this .env.example file will be made and renamed to .env, and it will prompt you to enter some of the environment variable values gathered during the prerequisites section.

When the phoenix:setup command is run, some values will already be present as defaults based on the .env.example file.

You will need the following values on hand for the installation process:

• Dev OAuth Client ID

• Dev OAuth Client Secret

• Contentful Space ID

• Contentful API Key (recommended to use the Preview API Key)

Setup

Fork and clone the Phoenix repository to your computer, and then add it to your local Homestead installation.

With the above specified environment variable values on hand, start the Homestead Vagrant box, then ssh into it, and cd into the Phoenix repository location and run:

# Install dependencies:
$ composer install && npm install

# Configure application & run migrations:
$ php artisan phoenix:setup

# And finally, build the frontend assets:
$ npm start

Once the above commands finish executing, you should be able to go to http://phoenix.test in your browser and load the Phoenix platform! 🔥