# Install Chandra

We use good number of packages to provide great functionality without re-inventing wheel.

We need to add those packages to `composer.json`, publish vendor configurations and finally do migrations.

### packages used

| Package name                 | repo                                                    | manual                                                                          |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| cartalyst/sentinel           | [repo](https://github.com/cartalyst/sentinel)           | [manual](https://cartalyst.com/manual/sentinel/2.0)                             |
| laravelcollective/html       | [repo](https://github.com/LaravelCollective/html)       | [manual](http://laravelcollective.com/docs/5.1/html)                            |
| cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable | [repo](https://github.com/cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable) | [manual](https://github.com/cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable/blob/master/README.md) |
| cviebrock/eloquent-taggable  | [repo](https://github.com/cviebrock/eloquent-taggable)  | [manual](https://github.com/cviebrock/eloquent-taggable/blob/master/README.md)  |

## Delete existing migration files

Since we are not relying on default migration tables, please remove following two files from `database/migrations` folder

```
2014_10_12_000000_create_users_table.php
2014_10_12_100000_create_password_resets_table.php
```

Otherwise you will get error at later stage of installation.

## Add middlware

Chandra ships with two middlewares one for admin and another for user.

To be able to use them, we should define them in `app\Http\Kernel.php`

Open `app\Http\Kernel.php` and in `$routeMiddleware` add following

```
'SentinelUser' => \App\Http\Middleware\SentinelUser::class,
'SentinelAdmin' => \App\Http\Middleware\SentinelAdmin::class,
```

## Install Packages

 **Add Package to composer**

Now add above mentioned packages in `composer.json` in `require` array

```
"cartalyst/sentinel": "2.0.*",
"laravelcollective/html": "5.1.*",
"cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "dev-master",
"cviebrock/eloquent-taggable": "dev-master",
```

 **update vendors** 

now hit `composer update` in terminal to download above packages.

 **Add service providers** 

Open `config/app.php` and add following lines in the `$providers` array

```php
Cartalyst\Sentinel\Laravel\SentinelServiceProvider::class,
Collective\Html\HtmlServiceProvider::class,
Cviebrock\EloquentSluggable\SluggableServiceProvider::class,
Cviebrock\EloquentTaggable\ServiceProvider::class,
```

In the `$aliases` array add following facades

```php
'Activation' => Cartalyst\Sentinel\Laravel\Facades\Activation::class,
'Reminder'   => Cartalyst\Sentinel\Laravel\Facades\Reminder::class,
'Sentinel'   => Cartalyst\Sentinel\Laravel\Facades\Sentinel::class,
'Form' => Collective\Html\FormFacade::class,
'Html' => Collective\Html\HtmlFacade::class,
```

 **publish vendors** 

now we need to publish vendor files so that they will publish config files, migrations.

Excecute following command in command prompt/terminal

```
php artisan taggable:table
php artisan vendor:publish
```

Now we need to add user, groups etc tables to database, to do so in your command prompt, execute following code

```
php artisan migrate
```

Note: please check all files in `database\migrations` to know what fields are being added.

 **setting up config to use our model**

since we have different requirements (extra fields in users table), we need to change sentinel config to use our user Model,

to do that open `config/cartalyst.sentinel.php`

at line 56, find

```
'model' => 'Cartalyst\Sentinel\Users\EloquentUser',
```

replace it with

```
'model' => 'App\User',
```

 **Add admin user**

As database tables have been setup, we need to add admin user to be able to login into adminCP.

Run following command in your command prompt

```
php artisan db:seed --class=AdminSeeder
```

*A default admin user with user with username <admin@admin.com> and password admin will be created*

Optional: If you wish to use a different username or password, please open `database\seeds\AdminSeeder.php` and edit values around lines 14-18

&#x20;**upload directory permissions**&#x20;

user's profile pics will be uploaded into `public/uploads/users`

so we need to provide write access for that folder

to do so, please run following command in your command prompt/terminal

```
chmod 775 public/uploads/users
chmod 775 public/uploads/blog
```

## Congratulations! You are ready to rock the world!!


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