> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/estebansalas94/Prueba-Soporte/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Configuration
> Reference for every environment variable in .env.example for Prueba Soporte.
All configuration is managed through the `.env` file in the project root. Copy `.env.example` to `.env` and update the values for your environment.
```bash theme={null}
cp .env.example .env
```
## App settings
Core application identity and runtime behaviour.
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ------------------------ | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `APP_NAME` | `Laravel` | Application name displayed in the UI and emails. |
| `APP_ENV` | `local` | Runtime environment. Use `production` on live servers. |
| `APP_KEY` | *(empty)* | 32-character encryption key. Generated by `php artisan key:generate`. Must not be empty. |
| `APP_DEBUG` | `true` | When `true`, detailed error pages are shown. Set to `false` in production. |
| `APP_TIMEZONE` | `UTC` | Default timezone for dates and times throughout the application. |
| `APP_URL` | `http://localhost` | Full base URL used in generated links and emails. |
| `APP_LOCALE` | `en` | Default locale for translations. |
| `APP_FALLBACK_LOCALE` | `en` | Locale used when a translation key is missing in `APP_LOCALE`. |
| `APP_FAKER_LOCALE` | `en_US` | Locale used by Faker when generating seed data. |
| `APP_MAINTENANCE_DRIVER` | `file` | Storage driver for maintenance mode state (`file` or `database`). |
| `BCRYPT_ROUNDS` | `12` | Cost factor for bcrypt password hashing. Higher values are slower but more secure. |
Never set `APP_DEBUG=true` or `APP_ENV=local` on a production server. Doing so exposes stack traces and environment variables to end users.
## Logging
| Variable | Default | Description |
| -------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `LOG_CHANNEL` | `stack` | Primary log channel. The `stack` channel aggregates multiple channels. |
| `LOG_STACK` | `single` | Channels included when `LOG_CHANNEL=stack`. |
| `LOG_DEPRECATIONS_CHANNEL` | `null` | Channel for PHP and Laravel deprecation notices. |
| `LOG_LEVEL` | `debug` | Minimum severity to log (`debug`, `info`, `notice`, `warning`, `error`, `critical`, `alert`, `emergency`). |
## Database
| Variable | Default | Description |
| --------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `DB_CONNECTION` | `mysql` | Database driver. Supported values: `mysql`, `sqlite`, `pgsql`, `sqlsrv`. |
| `DB_HOST` | `127.0.0.1` | Hostname of the database server. |
| `DB_PORT` | `3306` | Port of the database server. Default MySQL port is `3306`. |
| `DB_DATABASE` | `prueba_soporte` | Name of the database. |
| `DB_USERNAME` | `root` | Database user. |
| `DB_PASSWORD` | *(empty)* | Password for the database user. |
To use SQLite instead of MySQL, set `DB_CONNECTION=sqlite` and `DB_DATABASE` to the absolute path of your `.sqlite` file, for example `/absolute/path/to/database/database.sqlite`. The `DB_HOST`, `DB_PORT`, `DB_USERNAME`, and `DB_PASSWORD` variables are ignored for SQLite.
## Session
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ------------------ | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `SESSION_DRIVER` | `database` | Where sessions are stored. Options include `file`, `cookie`, `database`, `redis`, `memcached`. |
| `SESSION_LIFETIME` | `120` | Session expiry in minutes of inactivity. |
| `SESSION_ENCRYPT` | `false` | Encrypt session data at rest when `true`. |
| `SESSION_PATH` | `/` | Cookie path scope. |
| `SESSION_DOMAIN` | `null` | Cookie domain scope. `null` defaults to the current domain. |
## Cache and queue
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ---------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `CACHE_STORE` | `database` | Default cache driver. Options: `database`, `file`, `redis`, `memcached`, `array`. |
| `CACHE_PREFIX` | *(empty)* | String prefix added to all cache keys to avoid collisions. |
| `QUEUE_CONNECTION` | `database` | Queue driver. Options: `sync`, `database`, `redis`, `sqs`. |
| `BROADCAST_CONNECTION` | `log` | Broadcasting driver. `log` writes events to the log file. |
| `FILESYSTEM_DISK` | `local` | Default filesystem disk for file storage. |
## Redis
Required only when `CACHE_STORE`, `SESSION_DRIVER`, or `QUEUE_CONNECTION` is set to `redis`.
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ---------------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `REDIS_CLIENT` | `phpredis` | PHP Redis client library (`phpredis` or `predis`). |
| `REDIS_HOST` | `127.0.0.1` | Redis server hostname. |
| `REDIS_PASSWORD` | `null` | Redis password. `null` means no authentication. |
| `REDIS_PORT` | `6379` | Redis server port. |
## Mail
The default mailer is `log`, which writes emails to the Laravel log file instead of sending them. This is suitable for local development.
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `MAIL_MAILER` | `log` | Mail transport driver. Options: `smtp`, `sendmail`, `mailgun`, `ses`, `log`, `array`. |
| `MAIL_HOST` | `127.0.0.1` | SMTP server hostname. |
| `MAIL_PORT` | `2525` | SMTP server port. Common values: `25`, `465`, `587`, `2525`. |
| `MAIL_USERNAME` | `null` | SMTP authentication username. |
| `MAIL_PASSWORD` | `null` | SMTP authentication password. |
| `MAIL_ENCRYPTION` | `null` | SMTP encryption. Options: `tls`, `ssl`, `null`. |
| `MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS` | `hello@example.com` | The "from" address on all outgoing emails. |
| `MAIL_FROM_NAME` | `${APP_NAME}` | The "from" display name on all outgoing emails. |
During local development, keep `MAIL_MAILER=log` to avoid accidental email delivery. Inspect sent emails in `storage/logs/laravel.log`.
## AWS / S3
Required only when `FILESYSTEM_DISK=s3`.
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ----------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` | *(empty)* | AWS access key ID. |
| `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` | *(empty)* | AWS secret access key. |
| `AWS_DEFAULT_REGION` | `us-east-1` | AWS region for the S3 bucket. |
| `AWS_BUCKET` | *(empty)* | S3 bucket name. |
| `AWS_USE_PATH_STYLE_ENDPOINT` | `false` | Use path-style S3 URLs. Required for some S3-compatible services such as MinIO. |
## Memcached
Required only when `CACHE_STORE=memcached`.
| Variable | Default | Description |
| ---------------- | ----------- | -------------------------- |
| `MEMCACHED_HOST` | `127.0.0.1` | Memcached server hostname. |
## Front-end
| Variable | Default | Description |
| --------------- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `VITE_APP_NAME` | `${APP_NAME}` | Application name variable inherited from the standard Laravel skeleton. |
This project uses **Laravel Mix** (Webpack) as its asset bundler, not Vite. The `VITE_APP_NAME` variable is present in `.env.example` because it is part of the default Laravel 11 skeleton, but it has no effect on the compiled assets. Front-end environment variables are not currently used in the build configuration (`webpack.mix.js`).