- Preface

- Roadmap to this book

- Getting started

- Installation of Laravel

- Installation of Uberforx package

- Configuration Guide

- Users

- User menu

- Provider

- Provider menu

- Admin

- Admin Menu

- Conclusion

Installation of Laravel

Install Laravel with the help of Laravel installer. To know more on how to do this deed and create first project in Laravel. Click here: http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/installation

Create a virtual Host

To uncomplicate things, Virtual Hosts are essential to run more than one domain on a single IP address. In this tutorial, we have stated a step-by-step guide to create a virtual host.

Creation of New directory

Creation of new directory will help you store new information of the website. This location will be your Document Root in the Apache virtual configuration file.
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/tutorial.com public_html
To test if your virtual host is successfully working, you would have to designate an IP address or an actual DNS approved domain. For convenience we have named it tutorial.com for some easy reference.

Granting Permissions

Permission should be granted to the user for accessing the directory.
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/tutorial.com/public_html
Also, ensure that everyone can read all the new files.
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www

Creating a Page

You can create a new file within the configurations directory called index.html by using the code,
sudo nano /var/www/turorial.com/public_html/index.html
Feel free to add some text to the file so that you have something to look at when the IP redirects to the virtual host.
Save this and Exit.

Creating New Virtual Host File

The following step would involve setting up the apache configuration setting. You can do so by applying the code:
sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/default /etc/apache2/sites-available/tutorial.com

Activating Virtual Hosts

You can do this by opening up the new configuration file where the virtual host is going to be set up:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/tutorial.com
While turning on the virtual host the first step would include inserting a line for the ServerName under the ServerAdmin line. This is important as the ServerName specifies the domain name that the virtual host uses.
ServerName tutorial.com
You can also make your site accessible from than one name. All you need to do is include alternate names in your virtual host by adding a ServerAlias Line. The beginning of your virtual host file would then look like this:
'\<'VirtualHost *:80'\>'

1 ServerAdmin boss@tutorial.com
2
3 ServerName tutorial.com
4
5 ServerAlias www.tutorial.com

The subsequent step would include correctly filling up the Document Root. You would have to write in the extension of the new directory that you created in Step 5.1.
Remember that you would not be able to set up the virtual host if document roots are absent or filled in incorrectly.
The section should look like this: DocumentRoot/var/www/tutorial.com/public_html
No other changes would be needed in this file. Save and Exit.
Last step in this process would be to activate the host with all the built in apache shortcut: sudo a2ensite tutorial.com

Restarting Apache

All the above mentioned changes made to the configuration to set up a virtual host will not take effect until you have restarted the Apache.
The command used to perform this function is: sudo service apache2 restart
The following error may flash on your screen
“Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName”
The message is just a warning. No further issues will be experienced while you are accessing your virtual host.

Check How Your Virtual Host looks Online

Congrats!! By following the above mentioned steps you have successfully finished setting up your virtual host.You can check to see how it looks online by simply punching in your IP address into the browser.