This repo provides the .devcontainer files needed to start a CodeSpace for Laravel on GitHub.

1. Copy .devcontainer folder to your project root
2. (Optional) Copy init_codespace.sh to project root
3. Push to repo
4. Access repo GitHub page, open in CodeSpaces
5. Container should build and IDE should open ready for use
6. (Optional) Run init_codespace.sh to create .env and run DB migrations/seeds

   . ./init_codespace.sh

7. To access your site use port forwarding by serving the application

   serve
   #or
   php artisan serve --port=8000 --host=0.0.0.0

Please set your DB env variables to the following to use the MariaDB docker container

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=mariadb
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=laravel
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=secret

• CodeSpaces is currently in Closed Beta, you need access to use .devcontainer files
• Includes the following PHP extensions, you can add your own by adjusting the DOCKERFILE
  • bcmath mysqli pdo pdo_mysql zip
• To access your site you need to run the following alias:

  serve

https://github.com/PMessinezis/vscode.laravel.devcontainer/blob/master/Dockerfile