Laravel 11 Bootstrap Authentication Scaffolding Tutorial

Laravel 11 UI is a package that provides bootstrap auth commands to create a default login, registration, password reset, email verification, etc. in the application, which helps in creating a complete authentication system.

Let’s create a complete authentication system using the bootstrap auth command of the ui package in Laravel:

Step 1 – Install Laravel 11

Start by installing Laravel using composer command:

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel BootStrapAuth

Step 2 – Setup Database

Edit .env file and configure database in it:

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

Run the following command to install Laravel UI, it provides a way to scaffold authentication:

composer require laravel/ui

Step 4 – Generate Authentication Scaffolding

Run the Laravel UI command to generate authentication scaffolding with Bootstrap styling:

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

Step 5 – Migrate Database

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

php artisan migrate

Step 6 – Test

Run the following command to start application server:

php artisan serve

Hit http://127.0.0.1:8000/ url on browser for testing: