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Mischa Braam edited this page Feb 15, 2024 · 15 revisions

Installation

For installation instructions please see: https://github.com/weprovide/valet-plus

ℹ️ Valet+ will automatically start its daemon each time your machine boots. There is no need to run valet start or valet install ever again once the initial Valet+ installation is complete.

Laravel Valet to Valet+

To install valet-plus after having installed Laravel valet. Please follow the following steps.

  1. Remove the valet package composer global remove laravel/valet.
  2. Follow the installation instructions.

Installation options

Run valet-plus install --help to see all available installation options. When installing you can use parameters to choose which database application you wish to use.

  • valet-plus install (default: installs mysql 5.7)
  • valet-plus install --with-mysql80 (installs mysql 8.0)
  • valet-plus install --with-mysql81 (installs mysql 8.1)
  • valet-plus install --with-mariadb (installs mariadb)

By default all binaries (wp-cli, drush, magerun, magerun2) will be installed. You can choose which binary to install by providing them with the parameter --with-binary (or short -b) for each desired binary. For example;

valet-plus install -b magerun -b magerun2
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