Laravel 11 Bootstrap Authentication Scaffolding Tutorial

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Laravel 11 UI is a package that offers Bootstrap authentication commands for creating default features like login, registration, password reset, and email verification within your application. This simplifies the process of setting up a comprehensive authentication system.

To create a complete authentication system using Laravel’s UI package with Bootstrap step by step below:

Step 1 – Install Laravel 11

Begin by installing Laravel using Composer:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel-auth-ui

Step 2 – Configure the Database

Edit the .env file and configure your database settings

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database_name
DB_USERNAME=your_database_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_database_password

Step 3 – Install Laravel UI

Install Laravel UI to scaffold authentication:

composer require laravel/ui

Step 4 – Generate Authentication Scaffolding

Use Laravel UI to generate authentication scaffolding with Bootstrap styling:

php artisan ui bootstrap --auth
npm install && npm run dev

Step 5 – Migrate the Database

Run the migration command to create tables for authentication in database:

php artisan migrate

Step 6 – Testing

Start the application server:

php artisan serve

Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your browser to test the application.