Laravel Chat com Redis e Socket IO

Requesitos

• PHP ^7.1.3
• Node 6.0+
• Redis 3+ (Windows -> https://github.com/MicrosoftArchive/redis)
• MYSQL ou MariaDB

Instalação

1. Copie o .ENV com o comando php -r "file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');"

2. Instale as bibliotecas via composer composer install

3. Gere uma key para sua aplicação php artisan key:generate

4. Instale os pacotes do Node npm install

5. Instale o laravel echo server npm install -g laravel-echo-server

6. Configure o Laravel Echo Server laravel-echo-server init

   • Config Laravel Echo Server

     Do you want to run this server in development mode? Yes
     Which port would you like to serve from? 6001
     Which database would you like to use to store presence channel members? redis
     Enter the host of your Laravel authentication server. http://localhost:8000
     Will you be serving on http or https? http
     Do you want to generate a client ID/Key for HTTP API? Yes
     Do you want to setup cross domain access to the API? No
     
     

7. Crie um banco de dados chamado laravel_chat e configure a conexão no .env

8. E por final rode as migration com php artisan migrate

Executando a aplicação

1. Abra um shell para deixar o Laravel Echo Server rodando laravel-echo-server start

2. Inicie o servidor usando php artisan serve

3. Acesse http://localhost:8000 e pronto! =D