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Installation ​

Beta Release

Although many Lunar sites have been launched using v1.x, you may not consider this version production-ready for your own use and should exercise the same amount of caution as you would with any software in an beta state. 🚀

Requirements ​

  • PHP >= 8.2
  • Laravel 11, 12
  • MySQL 8.0+ / PostgreSQL 9.2+
  • exif PHP extension (on most systems it will be installed by default)
  • intl PHP extension (on most systems it will be installed by default)
  • bcmath PHP extension (on most systems it will be installed by default)
  • GD PHP extension (used for image manipulation)

Install Lunar ​

Composer Require Package ​

sh
composer require lunarphp/lunar:"^1.0.0-beta" -W

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You may need to update your app's composer.json to set "minimum-stability": "dev",

Add the LunarUser Trait ​

Some parts of the core rely on the User model having certain relationships set up. We have bundled these into a trait and an interface, which you must add to any models that represent users in your database.

php
use Lunar\Base\Traits\LunarUser;
use Lunar\Base\LunarUser as LunarUserInterface;
// ...

class User extends Authenticatable implements LunarUserInterface
{
    use LunarUser;
    // ...
}

Publish Configuration ​

Before you run the Lunar installer command, you may wish to customise some of the set-up.

sh
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=lunar

Configure Laravel Scout ​

Lunar works best with Laravel Scout and a search engine like Meilisearch, Typesense or Algolia.

If you do NOT have a search engine configured ​

Add the following to your .env file.

SCOUT_DRIVER=null

And set the config value in panel.php as follows.

php
    'scout_enabled' => false,

Register the admin panel ​

The admin panel needs registering in your app service provider before you can use it.

php
use Lunar\Admin\Support\Facades\LunarPanel;

class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    public function register(): void
    {
        LunarPanel::register();
    }

Run the Artisan Installer ​

sh
php artisan lunar:install

This will take you through a set of questions to configure your Lunar install. The process includes...

  • Creating a default admin user (if required)
  • Seeding initial data
  • Inviting you to star our repo on GitHub ⭐

You should now be able to access the panel at https://<yoursite>/lunar.

Advanced Installation Options ​

Table Prefix ​

Lunar uses table prefixes to avoid conflicts with your app's tables. You can change this in the configuration.

User ID Field Type ​

Lunar assumes your User ID field is a "BIGINT". If you are using an "INT" or "UUID", you will want to update the configuration in config/lunar/database.php to set the correct field type before running the migrations.

Publish Migrations ​

You can optionally publish Lunar's migrations so they're added to your Laravel app.

sh
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=lunar.migrations