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Thanks for making this open-source. It seems to use Homestead for deployments and Homestead apparently needs a VM. Is there a way to make this work without a VM

Thanks for making this open-source. It seems to use Homestead for deployments and Homestead apparently needs a VM. Is there a way to make this work without a VM or have a docker file maybe?

robinhood 9y ago
Well, I use Homestead because it's much more convenient. But you can use anything that you want, as long as you have PHP and mySQL. MAMP, for instance, XAMP, or really whatever. Have you heard of Valet (https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/valet https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/valet) ?
- positivecomment 9y ago
  No I'm very alien to the PHP ecosystem. Valet seems to be Mac-only. I'm a happy Windows user who has some Linux servers to play around. It would be very nice to have a step-by-step manual installation guide, then who knows, maybe you would get a pull-request with a Dockerfile! :)
  - robinhood 9y ago
    This is where I need the community. I'm just a small Laravel amateur developer who doesn't know much about Docker I love simple solutions and Laravel seemed to me the easiest way to build something simple, and more importantly, easily maintainable, which is the most important for me.
    - positivecomment 9y ago
      That's what I meant, I would contribute a dockerfile, which people may use to run the application with one command. Would standard Laravel instructions to deploy an app[1] help me here or do you need additional steps? [1]: Maybe something like https://medium.com/laravel-news/the-simple-guide-to-deploy-laravel-5-application-on-shared-hosting-1a8d0aee923e https://medium.com/laravel-news/the-simple-guide-to-deploy-l... (first thing I could find)
      - robinhood 9y ago
        It would definitely help to follow the standard Laravel instructions. Wow I didn't expect there would be a demand for this. Interesting. I'd need to move out some of the code as well from the app (at the moment GA and Intercom are part of the codebase, I need to remove them).
      - peller 9y ago
        Just tried setting it up, pretty simple assuming you're comfortable with Linux. You need MySQL/MariaDB, PHP >= 5.5.9 (see composer.json, require section for version requirements - worked with 7.1.x for me), node/npm, and composer (typically installed from getcomposer.org) Otherwise, directions at https://github.com/monicahq/monica#setup-the-project https://github.com/monicahq/monica#setup-the-project work with one exception: I'm not familiar with laravel in particular, but I had to do some funkyness with the the .env file: Replace APP_KEY=SomeRandomString with a valid key, like this random one I found on the internet: APP_KEY=base64:i7QndWbN33zY1x013Yw2cju9KQsxpT/1nnf8/3ziZ+U= Then run php artisan key:generate to get a new one. (Set DB credentials in .env as well) Finally, php artisan serve to fire up the dev server (uses php's builtin server)
        robinhood 9y ago
        Thanks for this. I think I can probably make the instructions better so you can install it easily.
        owlmirror 9y ago
        Edit: Just saw at Github that you are planning all that. https://github.com/monicahq/monica/issues/30 https://github.com/monicahq/monica/issues/30 so nevermind --- Could you include in the instruction a way to set it up on a standalone apache or nginx machine without homestead, docker and all that firlefanz. I would like to just run it on my rusty cabinet server. --- Great work though.
        positivecomment 9y ago
        Thanks! I will try to Docker-ize this when I have time.
    - arcticfox 9y ago
      Docker is the way to go here :) It's going to be a very valuable tool to add to your arsenal. "Easily deployable" is going to be a top concern of your users, and Docker solves that.
      - robinhood 9y ago
        Very good point indeed. Didn't think of it, but I understand the importance of this.
    - mhotchen 9y ago
      I've had good fortune setting up existing laravel apps using phpdocker.io

Thanks for making this open-source. It seems to use Homestead for deployments and Homestead apparently needs a VM. Is there a way to make this work without a VM or have a docker file maybe?

robinhood 9y ago

Well, I use Homestead because it's much more convenient. But you can use anything that you want, as long as you have PHP and mySQL. MAMP, for instance, XAMP, or really whatever. Have you heard of Valet (https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/valet https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/valet) ?

positivecomment 9y ago
No I'm very alien to the PHP ecosystem. Valet seems to be Mac-only. I'm a happy Windows user who has some Linux servers to play around. It would be very nice to have a step-by-step manual installation guide, then who knows, maybe you would get a pull-request with a Dockerfile! :)
- robinhood 9y ago
  This is where I need the community. I'm just a small Laravel amateur developer who doesn't know much about Docker I love simple solutions and Laravel seemed to me the easiest way to build something simple, and more importantly, easily maintainable, which is the most important for me.
  - positivecomment 9y ago
    That's what I meant, I would contribute a dockerfile, which people may use to run the application with one command. Would standard Laravel instructions to deploy an app[1] help me here or do you need additional steps? [1]: Maybe something like https://medium.com/laravel-news/the-simple-guide-to-deploy-laravel-5-application-on-shared-hosting-1a8d0aee923e https://medium.com/laravel-news/the-simple-guide-to-deploy-l... (first thing I could find)
    - robinhood 9y ago
      It would definitely help to follow the standard Laravel instructions. Wow I didn't expect there would be a demand for this. Interesting. I'd need to move out some of the code as well from the app (at the moment GA and Intercom are part of the codebase, I need to remove them).
    - peller 9y ago
      Just tried setting it up, pretty simple assuming you're comfortable with Linux. You need MySQL/MariaDB, PHP >= 5.5.9 (see composer.json, require section for version requirements - worked with 7.1.x for me), node/npm, and composer (typically installed from getcomposer.org) Otherwise, directions at https://github.com/monicahq/monica#setup-the-project https://github.com/monicahq/monica#setup-the-project work with one exception: I'm not familiar with laravel in particular, but I had to do some funkyness with the the .env file: Replace APP_KEY=SomeRandomString with a valid key, like this random one I found on the internet: APP_KEY=base64:i7QndWbN33zY1x013Yw2cju9KQsxpT/1nnf8/3ziZ+U= Then run php artisan key:generate to get a new one. (Set DB credentials in .env as well) Finally, php artisan serve to fire up the dev server (uses php's builtin server)
      - robinhood 9y ago
        Thanks for this. I think I can probably make the instructions better so you can install it easily.
        owlmirror 9y ago
        Edit: Just saw at Github that you are planning all that. https://github.com/monicahq/monica/issues/30 https://github.com/monicahq/monica/issues/30 so nevermind --- Could you include in the instruction a way to set it up on a standalone apache or nginx machine without homestead, docker and all that firlefanz. I would like to just run it on my rusty cabinet server. --- Great work though.
      - positivecomment 9y ago
        Thanks! I will try to Docker-ize this when I have time.
  - arcticfox 9y ago
    Docker is the way to go here :) It's going to be a very valuable tool to add to your arsenal. "Easily deployable" is going to be a top concern of your users, and Docker solves that.
    - robinhood 9y ago
      Very good point indeed. Didn't think of it, but I understand the importance of this.
  - mhotchen 9y ago
    I've had good fortune setting up existing laravel apps using phpdocker.io