How to use without Docker

[rabol]

Hi

Is Docker a hard requirement ?

[NiclasvanEyk]

Yes, kind of.

The application contained in the zip file is currently preconfigured for the usage with Docker. This guarantees, that the initialize installer script will succeed regardless of your local setup, as long as Docker is installed.

However, since Laravel is configured using environment variables, you are free to simply delete the initialize script and setup and configure the application by yourself. This definitely requires more knowledge and you won't get as much value out of Initializer for Laravel. You can use the steps in the initialize script as a guideline.

Now that I think about it, I could make the usage without Docker more convenient. Right now the initialize script starts the Docker containers and then tells them to run commands (via sail artisan myCommand or sail npm install).

Instead, I could divide the setup into two scripts, one that boots the containers and one that runs the necessary installation steps. The latter would assume, that the application is configured correctly, and that php, npm and your database are available. If you don't want to use Docker, you could just run the second one, after adjusting your local .env file.

Is this something you would be interested in? Also what are your reasons for not using Docker?

[rabol]

I use Laravel Valet