Demo can be found here: http://benefile-project.scify.org/

For installing Laravel, please refer to Official Laravel installation guide.

In a nutchell (assuming debian-based OS), first install the dependencies needed:

Note: php5 package installs apache2 as a dependency so we have no need to add it manually.

% sudo aptitude install php5 php5-cli mcrypt php5-mcrypt mysql-server php5-mysql

Install composer according to official instructions (link above) and move binary to ~/bin:

% curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php5 && mv composer.phar ~/bin

And add ~/.composer/vendor/bin to your $PATH. Example:

% cat ~/.profile
[..snip..]
LARAVEL=/home/username/.composer/vendor
PATH=$PATH:$LARAVEL/bin

And source your .profile with % source ~/.profile

After cloning the project with a simple git clone https://github.com/scify/Benefile.git, type cd Benefile && composer install to install all dependencies.

% cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/mysite.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerName myapp.example.com
	DocumentRoot "/path/to/Benefile/public"
	<Directory "/path/to/Benefile/public">
		AllowOverride all
	</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make the symbolic link:

% cd /etc/apache2/sites-enabled && sudo ln -s ../sites-available/mysite.conf

Enable mod_rewrite and restart apache:

% sudo a2enmod rewrite && sudo service apache2 restart

Fix permissions for storage directory:

% chown -R www-data /path/to/Benefile/storage && chown -R www-data /path/to/Benefile/public

or

% find . type -d -exec chmod 775 {} \; && find . -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \; && chown -R :www-data /path/to/Benefile/Storage && chown -R :www-data /path/to/Benefile/public

The above, changes the group ownership of public and storage directories to www-data, and find command changes permissions from 755 to 775 for directories and from 644 to 664 for files. This way, your web server user should be able to have write access with some sane security.

Test your setup with:

% php artisan serve

and navigate to localhost:8000.

Add additional the additional dependencies needed:

% sudo aptitude install nginx php5-fpm

Disable cgi.fix_pathinfo at /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini: cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

% sudo php5enmod mcrypt && sudo service php5-fpm restart

Nginx server block:

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

    root /path/to/Benefile/public;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    server_name server_domain_or_IP;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri /index.php =404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

% sudo service nginx restart

For persmissions, you may look above.

And finally, set the user appropriately:

% sudo chown -R www-data storage

database instructions placeholder

Initialize the database with php artisan migrate and test the installation with php artisan serve and hit localhost:8000/auth/register at your browser of choice.