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Here’s a README.md file that I’ve developed over time. It explains how I setup and use Valet+ for quick and powerful Drupal development.

Sorry for the formatting. I’ll get markdown support on my blog sometime…

# Initial Valet Setup

Follow official install guide at https://github.com/weprovide/valet-plus

# Installation

The following procedure is what it took to get Valet+ installed correctly on my Macbook.
I had issues with MySQL not starting.
    
    # Install Valet
    brew update
    brew tap henkrehorst/php
    brew install valet-php@7.2
    brew install composer
    brew link --overwrite composer
    brew install php@7.1
    composer global require weprovide/valet-plus
    vim ~/.bash_profile
    valet fix
    valet install
    
    # Link an app
    cd ~/valet/mysite/docroot/
    valet link mysite
    valet restart
    
    # Create a database
    valet db create mysite
    (COMMAND FAILED; MYSQL NOT RUNNING?)
    valet stop
    
    # Fix MySQL
    brew uninstall mysql
    brew uninstall mysql@5.7
    brew cleanup
    rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql
    rm /usr/local/etc/my.cnf
    brew install mysql@5.7
    brew link --force mysql@5.7
    brew services start mysql@5.7		
    valet fix
    valet install
    
    # Create a database
    valet start
    valet db create mysite
    
    # SUCCESS!

----

Tips:

- Make a folder to store your sites `mkdir ~/valet`
- Do not `valet park`. See notes below.


# Site Setup (serving from ~/valet/[sitename]/docroot)

1. Create site directory via `mkdir ~/valet/mysite`

2. Move into it via `cd mysite`

3. Use rsync/git/composer/whatever to acquire your site files --
   e.g., `git clone git@bitbucket.org:mysite.git .`

4. Move into docroot via `cd docroot`

5. Tell valet to serve a site from this folder via `valet link mysite`

6. Browse to `http://mysite.test` -- if you get a DB error, that's okay for now.

7. Create a new database via `valet db create mysite`. If this fails, see top of this doc!

8. Existing site? Import the data with `valet db import ~/db_snapshots/mysite.sql.gz mysite`

9. Update the db credentials in `sites/default/settings.local.php` -- database=mysite,
   username=root, password=root

10. Browse to `http://mysite.test` -- hopefully it _just works_

----

# Explanation of Serving Sites from Docroot/Web Subdirectories

Don't `valet park` in this `~/valet` directory. You can do it
somewhere else if you need auto-folder-to-domain functionality
where you create a folder and it results in having
`http://folder.test` available immediately.

For this `~/valet` directory we have sites that have `/docroot`
subdirectories containing the actual site files, so instead of `park`,
use `valet link [sitename]` from the docroot directory. This will
create symlinks in `~/.valet/Sites` which will be accessible
at `http://sitename.test`

----

# Other Tips

- RTFM! Valet does some amazing things. Read the docs to learn about xdebug, logging
  sharing, redis, mailhog, etc.

- `valet links` to view current links

- `valet unlink [sitename]` to remove a link

- `valet use 5.6` to change php version (5.6 7.0 7.1 7.2)

- Edit `~/.valet/config.json` to set domain suffix (`.test` is default)
  (`valet restart` after)

- Edit `~/.valet/Drivers/` to setup new drivers (shouldn't need to)
  (`valet restart` after maybe?)

- `valet share` to share your site over the internet
  Hit CTRL-C to stop sharing

- You may not have a `$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']` value. Until I have time to look
  into this, I'm just setting that at the top of my Drupal `settings.local.php` file.
  ```
  // Manually set because Valet+ doesn't, for some reason
  $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = '/Users/adam/valet/mysite/docroot';
  ```

- Install and enable memcached with:
  `brew install php71-memcached && valet restart` 

- Configure php with ini files at, for example, `/usr/local/etc/php/7.1/php.ini`

- To generate nginx file specific to site you can:
  - Generate config file by securing the site: `valet secure mysite`
  - Copy the nginx config code in the resulting nginx file at `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test`
  - Stop here if you want to keep SSL... otherwise:
  - Use `valet unsecure mysite` to remove SSL (if you don't want the site served over 443)
  - Re-create `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test` with the copied code
  - Rework config file to serve port 80 without any SSL certs attached

- To fix `upstream sent too big header while reading response header from upstream` error:
  - Add these lines to your `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test`:
    - `fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;`
    - `fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;`
  - NOTE: Add these to the `location ~ \.php$ {` section if you have a full nginx conf file

- To fix `504 Gateway Timeout` error:
  - Add these lines to your `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test`:
    - `fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;`
    - `fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;`
    - `fastcgi_read_timeout 180;`
  - NOTE: Add these to the `location ~ \.php$ {` section if you have a full nginx conf file

----

# Links

Valet+ Docs
https://github.com/weprovide/valet-plus

Parking and Linking
https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/valet#serving-sites

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# Initial Valet Setup

Follow official install guide at https://github.com/weprovide/valet-plus

# Installation

The following procedure is what it took to get Valet+ installed correctly on my Macbook.

I had issues with MySQL not starting.

# Install Valet

brew update

brew tap henkrehorst/php

brew install valet-php@7.2

brew install composer

brew link --overwrite composer

brew install php@7.1

composer global require weprovide/valet-plus

vim ~/.bash_profile

valet fix

valet install

# Link an app

cd ~/valet/mysite/docroot/

valet link mysite

valet restart

# Create a database

valet db create mysite

(COMMAND FAILED; MYSQL NOT RUNNING?)

valet stop

# Fix MySQL

brew uninstall mysql

brew uninstall mysql@5.7

brew cleanup

rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql

rm /usr/local/etc/my.cnf

brew install mysql@5.7

brew link --force mysql@5.7

brew services start mysql@5.7

valet fix

valet install

# Create a database

valet start

valet db create mysite

# SUCCESS!

----

Tips:

- Make a folder to store your sites `mkdir ~/valet`

- Do not `valet park`. See notes below.

# Site Setup (serving from ~/valet/[sitename]/docroot)

1. Create site directory via `mkdir ~/valet/mysite`

2. Move into it via `cd mysite`

3. Use rsync/git/composer/whatever to acquire your site files --

e.g., `git clone git@bitbucket.org:mysite.git .`

4. Move into docroot via `cd docroot`

5. Tell valet to serve a site from this folder via `valet link mysite`

6. Browse to `http://mysite.test` -- if you get a DB error, that's okay for now.

7. Create a new database via `valet db create mysite`. If this fails, see top of this doc!

8. Existing site? Import the data with `valet db import ~/db_snapshots/mysite.sql.gz mysite`

9. Update the db credentials in `sites/default/settings.local.php` -- database=mysite,

username=root, password=root

10. Browse to `http://mysite.test` -- hopefully it _just works_

----

# Explanation of Serving Sites from Docroot/Web Subdirectories

Don't `valet park` in this `~/valet` directory. You can do it

somewhere else if you need auto-folder-to-domain functionality

where you create a folder and it results in having

`http://folder.test` available immediately.

For this `~/valet` directory we have sites that have `/docroot`

subdirectories containing the actual site files, so instead of `park`,

use `valet link [sitename]` from the docroot directory. This will

create symlinks in `~/.valet/Sites` which will be accessible

at `http://sitename.test`

----

# Other Tips

- RTFM! Valet does some amazing things. Read the docs to learn about xdebug, logging

sharing, redis, mailhog, etc.

- `valet links` to view current links

- `valet unlink [sitename]` to remove a link

- `valet use 5.6` to change php version (5.6 7.0 7.1 7.2)

- Edit `~/.valet/config.json` to set domain suffix (`.test` is default)

(`valet restart` after)

- Edit `~/.valet/Drivers/` to setup new drivers (shouldn't need to)

(`valet restart` after maybe?)

- `valet share` to share your site over the internet

Hit CTRL-C to stop sharing

- You may not have a `$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']` value. Until I have time to look

into this, I'm just setting that at the top of my Drupal `settings.local.php` file.

```

// Manually set because Valet+ doesn't, for some reason

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = '/Users/adam/valet/mysite/docroot';

```

- Install and enable memcached with:

`brew install php71-memcached && valet restart`

- Configure php with ini files at, for example, `/usr/local/etc/php/7.1/php.ini`

- To generate nginx file specific to site you can:

- Generate config file by securing the site: `valet secure mysite`

- Copy the nginx config code in the resulting nginx file at `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test`

- Stop here if you want to keep SSL... otherwise:

- Use `valet unsecure mysite` to remove SSL (if you don't want the site served over 443)

- Re-create `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test` with the copied code

- Rework config file to serve port 80 without any SSL certs attached

- To fix `upstream sent too big header while reading response header from upstream` error:

- Add these lines to your `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test`:

- `fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;`

- `fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;`

- NOTE: Add these to the `location ~ \.php$ {` section if you have a full nginx conf file

- To fix `504 Gateway Timeout` error:

- Add these lines to your `~/.valet/Nginx/mysite.test`:

- `fastcgi_buffers 16 16k;`

- `fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;`

- `fastcgi_read_timeout 180;`

- NOTE: Add these to the `location ~ \.php$ {` section if you have a full nginx conf file

----

# Links

Valet+ Docs

https://github.com/weprovide/valet-plus

Parking and Linking

https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/valet#serving-sites