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Author: waffle-lord <76401815+waffle-lord@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Tue Nov 26 16:28:43 2024 -0500

    full dev setup

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+## Install WSL2
+
+Open PowerShell and run the following command to install Ubuntu WSL2:
+
+```powershell
+wsl --install -d Ubuntu
+```
+
+Full documentation for installing WSL2 can be found here:  
+https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/basic-commands#install
+
+## Install Docker
+
+Download and install Docker Desktop:  
+https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/
+
+Open Docker Desktop and browse to `Settings`, `Resources`, `WSL Integration`. Ensure that the `enable integration with my default WSL distro` is enabled.
+
+>[!NOTE]
+> Previous to installing Docker, if you had a WSL2 shell open, you will need to restart it to be able to interact with Docker from WSL2.
+
+>[!NOTE]
+> If you are running hyper-v you may want to check that your dynamic port ranges are set higher than the default. This is because hyper-v will reserve ports when the system boots, and it may include
+> the ports needed by our containers. More details about the solution below [can be found here](https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/3171#issuecomment-1895729704)
+> ```powershell
+> # check dynamic port ranges for ipv4 and 6
+> netsh int ipv4 show dynamicport tcp
+> netsh int ipv4 show dynamicport tcp
+>
+> # update ranges to reserve 16384 port numbers starting at 49152
+> netsh int ipv4 set dynamic tcp start=49152 num=16384
+> netsh int ipv6 set dynamic tcp start=49152 num=16384
+> ```
+
+## Install Git & Git LFS
+
+Within your Ubuntu WSL2 environment:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get -y install git git-lfs
+```
+
+## Clone Forge
+
+Pull down a clone of the Forge source locally within your WSL2 environment:
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Using a windows drive mount such as `/mnt/c/` will greatly reduce performance and may even prevent the project from running correctly.
+> Please make sure to clone the repo to a location inside the wsl environment, such as `~/Code/forge`
+
+```bash
+mkdir ~/Code
+cd ~/Code
+git clone https://github.com/sp-tarkov/forge.git forge
+cd ~/Code/forge
+git checkout develop
+git lfs pull
+```
+
+## Install Laravel Sail
+
+Within your Ubuntu WSL2 environment:
+
+```bash
+# Copy the example full environment file over into the active environment file:  
+cp .env.full .env
+
+# Pull down a docker container that will install the project's composer dependencies:  
+docker run --rm -u "$(id -u):$(id -g)" -v "$(pwd):/var/www/html" -w /var/www/html laravelsail/php83-composer:latest composer install --ignore-platform-reqs
+```
+
+You should now have the `sail` script installed.
+
+For simplicity, anything below that refers to running a `sail` command is actually referring to the script located here: `./vendor/bin/sail`. For example, `sail up -d` actually refers to running `./vendor/bin/sail up -d`. It's *highly* recommended to configure an alias to make running `sail` commands easier:
+
+```bash
+echo "alias sail='sh \$([ -f sail ] && echo sail || echo vendor/bin/sail)'" >> ~/.bashrc
+source ~/.bashrc
+```
+
+## Run Forge
+
+Within your Ubuntu WSL2 environment:
+
+### Install Laravel Octane
+```bash
+# Start the containers in detached mode:
+sail up -d
+
+# Install NPM dependencies (includes file watcher for Octane)
+sail npm install
+
+# Install composer dependencies
+sail composer install
+
+# Generate a new application key:
+sail artisan key:generate
+
+# Test that octane workers can be reloaded
+sail artisan octane:reload
+
+# If you get an error reloading the workers, start octane to install FrankenPHP. If prompted, select 'yes' to install.
+# sail artisan octane:start
+
+# Restart containers
+sail down
+sail up -d
+```
+
+### Create & Populate Database Tables
+
+Run the following command to create each of the database tables and seed them with fake testing data.
+
+```bash
+sail artisan migrate:fresh --seed
+```
+
+### Populate Meilisearch Indexes
+
+In order to populate the Meilisearch search indexes you must have a queue worker running. We use Horizon for this.
+
+> [!TIP]
+> You will need to open another console to run horizon, as it will block that console from running any more commands
+
+```bash
+# Start the queue workers (run this command in a new console):
+sail artisan horizon
+```
+
+### Vite Development Server
+
+There is a front-end development server that manages hot-injecting files as they're updated so that you rarely have to refresh the page after a file is updated to see your changes. Start it with the following command:
+
+```bash
+sail npm run dev
+```
+
+## Finished!
+
+You should now be able to access the Forge:  
+http://localhost
+
+<3
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