> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://tyegah.gitbook.io/forum-app-ios/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://tyegah.gitbook.io/forum-app-ios/overview/getting-started/open-project-laravel.md).
# Open Project Laravel
When the development tools are setup you can continue by setting up the Laravel project first
Open the `Laravel API/forumapp` directory using VSCode or any of your favorite development tools for the Laravel project.
and edit the *.env* file and configure your local database connection
Look for this line in the .env file
You also need install a composer dependency for *JWT Token Auth* by running this command:
```
composer require tymon/jwt-auth
```
Please refer to this link for further explanation about how to integrate JWT Authentication on laravel :
Migrate the database using this command
```
php artisan migrate
```
After everything is set up, you can try running this command to see if the Laravel project can be run in your local computer
```
php artisan serve
// or to make it accessible from your ios device
// run this command instead
php artisan serve --host 0.0.0.0
```
You can check if the Laravel project is successfully running by typing this url into your browser (adjust the port with your server configuration)
```
http://localhost:8080/
```
Import the PostMan API collection file to look at all the list of API needed for the project. Refer to this link for the Postman installation :
