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Installation Requirements

• Linux server
• Apache/2.4.34 (Ubuntu 16.04)
• mySQL 5.7.23
• PHP version: 7.2.8
• phpMyAdmin 4.8.2

Procedure: To extract the project:

• Exract the project to the path /var/www/html/lovelock.local

• Copy all the content of the loveck folder to lovelock.local

$ cd /var/www/html/lovelock.local
$ mv lovelock/* .
$ mv lovelock/.* .
$ composer install

• Copy the .env.example as .env file
• Copy the customWeb.example.php as customWeb.php file(This file will contain the custom routes that the customer want to put and the custom blade file will be in frontend/custom folder)
• Put the assets like css, js, font in the path storage/app/public/

$ cp .env.example .env
$ cp routes/customWeb.example.php routes/customWeb.php

• Change app name and url in the .env file

APP_NAME=LoveLock  
APP_URL=https://lovelock.wpdating.com

• Now put the database detail in the .env file.

DB_DATABASE=lovelock_database
DB_USERNAME=username
DB_PASSWORD=password

• To generate the key and to generate the client id with secret id

$ php artisan key:generate
$ sudo chmod 777 storage/logs/laravel.log
$ sudo chmod -R 777 storage
$ sudo chmod -R 777 bootstrap/cache/
$ php artisan migrate
$ php artisan storage:link
$ php artisan passport:install //this will generate client id and secret id

For DB seeding:

• Place the countrycode.json and location.json file in storage path
• First fill this field in the .env file

STORAGE_LOCATION_JSON_FILE_NAME=location.json
STORAGE_COUNTRY_CODE_JSON_FILE_NAME=countrycode.json

• The run the following the code:

$ php artisan db:seed

Subscription seeding:

• First fill the details in the .env file of subscription

PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PLAN_CODE0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_DESCRIPTION0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PRICE0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL_COUNT0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_GOOGLE_PRODUCT_ID0=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_APPLE_PRODUCT_ID0=

PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PLAN_CODE1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_DESCRIPTION1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PRICE1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL_COUNT1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_GOOGLE_PRODUCT_ID1=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_APPLE_PRODUCT_ID1=

PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PLAN_CODE2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_DESCRIPTION2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PRICE2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL_COUNT2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_GOOGLE_PRODUCT_ID2=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_APPLE_PRODUCT_ID2=


PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_NAME3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PLAN_CODE3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_DESCRIPTION3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_PRICE3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_INTERVAL_COUNT3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_GOOGLE_PRODUCT_ID3=
PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_APPLE_PRODUCT_ID3=

PLAN_SUBSCRIPTION_FREE_LIKES_COUNT=

• The run the following the code:

$ php artisan db:seed --class=PlansTableSeeder

To set up additional env variables :

• For setting sms to send sms when registration is completed and when phone number is changed, set these variable

SMS_SEND_CODE_FOR_REGISTRATION_SUCCESS=  
SMS_SEND_CODE_FOR_PHONE_VERIFIED=

• For demo purpose if you want to bypass the location check for getting list of the swipe users then set the following env variables(0 for returning users within certain distance and 1 for returning the all users)

TURN_OFF_LOCATION=

Install supervisor:

This process is used for queuing SMS while sending the verification code.

$ sudo apt-get install supervisor

Configuring Supervisor:

• Supervisor configuration files are typically stored in the /etc/supervisor/conf.d directory. Within this directory, you may create any number of configuration files that instruct supervisor how your processes should be monitored. For example, let’s create a laravel-worker.conf file that starts and monitors a queue:work process:
• [put the following in the file laravel-worker.conf]

[program:laravel-worker]
process_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d
command=php /home/lovelock_user/public_html/lovelock/artisan queue:work --sleep=3 --tries=3
autostart=true
autorestart=true
user=lovelock_user
numprocs=8
redirect_stderr=true
stdout_logfile=/home/lovelock_user/public_html/worker.log

Starting the supervisor:

sudo supervisorctl reread
sudo supervisorctl update
sudo supervisorctl start laravel-worker:*

To setup twilio variables in .env:

• Signup in twilio for sending SMS (which is used for phone number verification).
  twilio.com

• Authenticate the number inorder to get the API auth token.

• Then use these token to put in the .env file of the lovelock.

• For twilio account sid : goto dashboard
  For auth token : https://www.twilio.com/console/project/settings

• For twilio phone no : https://www.twilio.com/console/phone-numbers/getting-started

• Put that no in twilio phone number.

TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID=example
TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN=example
TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER=example

To setup mail variables in .env:

• Now to setup the SMTP data to send the emails.
• Fill the following in the .env file.

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=
MAIL_PORT=
MAIL_USERNAME=
MAIL_PASSWORD=
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=
MAIL_FROM_NAME=

To setup facebook variables in .env:

• Setup facebook setting values for facebook login.
• Go to https://developers.facebook.com/
• Login to it.
• Go to my app > add new app.
• Create new app ID.
• Goto dashboard.
• Setup the facebook login : https://developers.facebook.com/apps/530503194037503/fb-login/quickstart/

FACEBOOK_CLIENT_ID=
FACEBOOK_CLIENT_SECRET=
FACEBOOK_REDIRECT=
FACEBOOK_DEFAULT_GRAPH_VERSION=v2.12

For the API documentation

Please follow this link for the documentation : click here