Database

We'll be using a relational database to persist data in our backend application. Homestead has MySQL running out of the box; you just have to provide configuration in the .env file to use it with Laravel. The default configuration will work without any further changes.

.env:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=192.168.10.10
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=vuebnb
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

Whatever name you choose for your database (that is, the value of DB_DATABASE), make sure it's added to the databases array in your Homestead.yaml file.

~/Homestead/Homestead.yaml:

databases:
  ...
  - vuebnb