Setup WSL For Laravel Development

Install WSL

Go to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-manual and follow the instructions

Install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Download Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from the Microsoft Store by going to https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PN20MSR04DW?hl=en-us&gl=US
Launch Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Create a username and password

Run

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

Remove Password Requirement for Sudo (Optional)

Run sudo visudo

Go to the end of the file and add the following line:

ALL ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/service
<your_username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Save and exit by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y, then Enter (Nano Editor)

Install PHP MySQL Nginx Redis and required packages...

Run

sudo apt-get install network-manager libnss3-tools jq xsel build-essential libssl-dev zip unzip dnsmasq nginx mysql-server php-fpm php-cli php-mysql php-sqlite3 php-intl php-zip php-xml php-curl php-mbstring redis-server php-redis php-pear php-dev pkg-config libz-dev libzip-dev libmemcached-dev libmemcached11 libmemcachedutil2 libmagickwand-dev imagemagick memcached -y

Verify PHP is installed by running php -v You should see PHP Version.

Setup MySQL

Run
```
sudo service mysql start
```

To change the root password run sudo mysql

Run

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

Replace password with your password.
Run
```
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
```
Run
```
exit;
```

Restart MySQL by running
```
sudo service mysql restart
```

Node Setup

Node.js LTS version:

Using Ubuntu

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Run node -v to verify NodeJS is installed
Reference

Install Composer

cd ~ to go to your home directory
Run
```
wget https://getcomposer.org/installer
```
Run
```
php installer
```

Run

sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Add composer to your path

Run composer --version to verify composer is installed
Add this to the end of your ~/.bashrc file by running
```
nano ~/.bashrc
```
and adding this to the end of the file:
```
export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"
```
save and exit by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y, then Enter (Nano Editor)
Run
```
source ~/.bashrc
```
to reload your bashrc file

Set Laravel Valet for linux

Install Required Packages

Run

sudo apt-get install network-manager libnss3-tools jq xsel -y

Install Valet via Composer

Run

composer global require cpriego/valet-linux

Run
```
valet install
```
Go to your web root directory e.g.
```
cd /var/www
```
Run
```
valet park
```
to register your current working directory as a path that Valet should search for sites
To test if Valet is working create a new directory in your web root directory
```
mkdir info
```
If permission denied run (Not Recommended)
```
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www
```
OR (Recommended)
```
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www
```
and create directory again
Run
```
cd /var/www/info
```
Run
```
echo "<?php phpinfo();" > index.php
```
On Windows you must add host 127.0.0.1 info.test to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts file
You can use Hosts File Editor to edit hosts file
Open your browser and go to http://info.test
Auto Valet start

Run

nano ~/.bashrc