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# Installation Guide Complete installation instructions for **Advanced User Management API**. ## 📋 Prerequisites Before installing, ensure you have: - ✅ PHP 7.4 or higher - ✅ MySQL 5.7+ or PostgreSQL 10+ - ✅ CodeIgniter 4 / Laravel 8+ / Symfony 5+ - ✅ Web server (Apache/Nginx) - ✅ Composer (for dependency management) ## 🚀 Installation Steps ### Step 1: Extract Files Extract the downloaded ZIP file to your web server directory: ```bash unzip advanced-user-management-api.zip -d /var/www/html/ cd /var/www/html/advanced-user-management-api ``` ### Step 2: Install Dependencies Install required PHP packages using Composer: ```bash composer install --no-dev ``` ### Step 3: Configure Environment Copy the example environment file and configure your settings: ```bash cp .env.example .env ``` Edit `.env` with your configuration: ```ini # Database Configuration database.default.hostname = localhost database.default.database = your_database database.default.username = your_username database.default.password = your_password database.default.DBDriver = MySQLi # Base URL app.baseURL = 'http://yourdomain.com/' ``` ### Step 4: Database Setup Create your database and run migrations: ```bash # Create database mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE DATABASE your_database CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;" # Run migrations php spark migrate # Seed data (optional) php spark db:seed DatabaseSeeder ``` ### Step 5: Set Permissions Set appropriate file permissions: ```bash # Make writable directories chmod -R 777 writable/ ``` ### Step 6: Configure Web Server #### Apache (.htaccess) The included `.htaccess` file should work out of the box. Ensure `mod_rewrite` is enabled: ```bash sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo systemctl restart apache2 ``` #### Nginx Add this to your Nginx configuration: ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name yourdomain.com; root /var/www/html/advanced-user-management-api/public; index index.php index.html; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; } location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; include fastcgi_params; } } ``` ### Step 7: Verify Installation Visit your domain in a web browser: ``` http://yourdomain.com/ ``` You should see the application homepage. ## ✅ Post-Installation After successful installation: 1. **Change Default Credentials** - Update any default admin passwords 2. **Configure Email** - Set up SMTP settings for email notifications 3. **Enable HTTPS** - Install SSL certificate for production use 4. **Backup Database** - Set up regular database backups 5. **Review Security** - Check file permissions and security settings ## 🔧 Troubleshooting ### Common Issues **Issue:** "500 Internal Server Error" - **Solution:** Check file permissions and .htaccess configuration **Issue:** "Database connection failed" - **Solution:** Verify database credentials in .env file **Issue:** "Class not found" - **Solution:** Run `composer dump-autoload` ### Need Help? Contact support at support@yourcompany.com