How to Install DreamFactory on Windows 10

DreamFactory is an open-source REST API backend that allows developers to easily create, connect and manage APIs. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DreamFactory on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Windows 10
• XAMPP (or any other web server with PHP support)
• Composer

Step 1: Downloading DreamFactory

1. Visit https://www.dreamfactory.com/downloads and download the latest version of DreamFactory.

2. Extract the downloaded ZIP file to your web server's root directory (e.g., C:\xampp\htdocs\).

Step 2: Installing Dependencies

1. Open the command prompt (CMD) as an administrator.

2. Navigate to the root directory of DreamFactory where you extracted the ZIP file in the previous step.

cd C:\xampp\htdocs\dreamfactory

3. Run the following command to install the required dependencies using composer:

composer install

Step 3: Setting up the Database

1. Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/.

2. Create a new database for DreamFactory (e.g., dreamfactory).

3. Navigate to the newly created database and click on the "Import" tab.

4. Browse for the dreamfactory.sql file located in C:\xampp\htdocs\dreamfactory\vendor\dreamfactory\df-core\database\migrations\.

5. Click on the "Go" button to import the SQL file.

Step 4: Setting up the Email Service (Optional)

1. Rename the .env.example file to .env located in C:\xampp\htdocs\dreamfactory.

2. Open the .env file with a text editor and add your email service configuration (e.g., Gmail):

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your-email@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=your-email-password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls

Step 5: Configuring DreamFactory

1. Rename the config\env_example.php file to config\env.php.

2. Open the config\env.php file with a text editor and modify the following settings:

// ...
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // Database host name
define('DB_DATABASE', 'dreamfactory'); // Database name
define('DB_USERNAME', 'root'); // Database username
define('DB_PASSWORD', ''); // Database password

define('DF_HOST', 'http://localhost'); // DreamFactory host URL
define('DF_EMAIL', 'admin@example.com'); // DreamFactory administrator email
define('DF_PASSWORD', 'admin'); // DreamFactory administrator password
// ...

3. Save the changes to the config\env.php file.

Step 6: Starting DreamFactory

1. Open the command prompt (CMD) as an administrator.

2. Navigate to the root directory of DreamFactory where you extracted the ZIP file in step 1.

cd C:\xampp\htdocs\dreamfactory

3. Run the following command to start the DreamFactory server:

php artisan serve

4. Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:8000 to access the DreamFactory web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed DreamFactory on Windows 10. You can now start developing APIs using DreamFactory.

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