Valet for Linux is a Laravel development environment for Linux minimalists. No Vagrant, No Apache, No Nginx, No /etc/hosts file. You can even share your sites publicly using local tunnels. Yeah, we like it too.
Laravel Valet for Linux configures your system to always run Caddy in the background when your machine starts. Then, using DnsMasq, Valet proxies all requests on the *.dev domain to point to sites installed on your local machine.
In other words, a blazing fast Laravel development environment that uses roughly 7mb of RAM. Valet for Linux isn't a complete replacement for Vagrant or Homestead, but provides a great alternative if you want flexible basics, prefer extreme speed, or are working on a machine with a limited amount of RAM.
Documentation for Valet can be found on the Laravel website.
- PHP >= 7.0
- PHP Packages:
php*-cli php*-common php*-curl php*-json php*-mbstring php*-mcrypt php*-mysql php*-opcache php*-readline php*-xml php*-zip - Optional PHP Packages:
php*-sqlite3 php*-mysql php*-pgsql
Replace the star (*) with your php version
composer global require jmarcher/valet-linuxvalet install
Because of the way Firefox and Chrome/Chromium/Opera/Any.Other.Blink.Based.Browser manages certificates in Linux the experience when securing a site might not be as smooth as it is in OSX.
Whenever you secure a site you'll need to restart your testing browser so that it can trust the new certificate and you'll have to do the same when you unsecure it.
If you have secured a domain you will not be able to share it through Ngrok.
valet park
You can use valet park inside the directory where you store your projects (like Sites or Code) and then you can open http://projectname.dev in your browser. This command will allow you to access all the projects in the parked folder.
valet link
If you just want to serve a single site you can use valet link [your-desired-url] and then open http://your-desired-url.dev in the browser.
valet status
To check the status of the Valet for Linux services.
To update your Valet package just run: composer global update
Having problems with .dev domains not pointing to 127.0.0.1?
Try this: Thanks to @adriaanzon for the guide
Comment out this line in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf:
dns=default
Uncomment this line in /etc/resolvconf.conf
#name_servers=127.0.0.1
Append this to /etc/dnsmasq.conf
no-resolv
server=8.8.8.8
server=8.8.4.4
Why is my preferred distribution not supported?
Well, not all distros work the same way, we need to test every distribution in order to release it to the public and also know how every distribution works.
If you have experience with your distribution and also a bit of experience with PHP (you don't need too much experience), write a new Issue, and tell me which distro you want to add.
Why can't I run valet install?
Check that you've added the .composer/vendor/bin directory to your PATH in either ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.
What about the Database?
Well, your choice! You could use the superlight SQLite sqlite3, the extremely versatile MariaDB/MySQL mariadb-server or mysql-server or even the powerful PostgreSQL postgresql. Just don't forget to install the corresponding php package for it.
Any other tips?
Oh yeah!, for those looking for a beautiful looking Database management tool like Sequel Pro but for Linux* try out Valentina Studio, it's free, multiplatform and supports all of the databases mentioned above.
* I know it is GNU/Linux but is too long and it confuses people even more
Laravel Valet is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license