REALTIME CHAT & NOTIFICATION: LARAVEL, MySQL, REDIS, LARAVEL ECHO, SOCKET.IO Client

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1. Go to echo-docker folder to start containers
2. Run command: docker-composer up -d at echo-docker
3. Check running dockers: docker ps
4. Get IPAddresss of chat_db and chat_redis containers: docker inspect chat_redis | grep IPAddress
5. Make .env file: cp .env.example .env
6. Update .env file at socket_app folder

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=chat_db
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=chat_app
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=root@secret123

BROADCAST_DRIVER=redis
CACHE_DRIVER=file
QUEUE_CONNECTION=redis
SESSION_DRIVER=file
SESSION_LIFETIME=120

REDIS_HOST=chat_redis
REDIS_PASSWORD=null
REDIS_PORT=6379
REDIS_CLIENT=predis
REDIS_PREFIX=""

7. Configure project as below commands:

docker exec -it app_server bash
composer install
npm install
npm run dev
php artisan key:generate
php artisan migrate
php artisan queue:work

8. Open other terminal to run this commmand:

npm install -g laravel-echo-server
laravel-echo-server start

9. Start chat project http://localhost:8000