Step 1B - Laravel Add Email Verification To Register Create Account Login Profile

To add email verification follow these steps.

TERMINAL COMMANDS:

1. $ composer require laravel/jetstream
2. $ php artisan jetstream:install livewire
3. $ npm run build
4. $ php artisan migrate
5. $ code app/Models/User.php
   • uncomment // use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
   • change to: class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
6. $ code config/fortify.php
7. uncomment // Features::emailVerification()

SETUP GMAIL SMTP SERVER:

1. Go to this url and start on step 7 https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords, otherwise, start from step 2 below.
2. Go to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox
3. Manage Google Account:
4. Security: https://myaccount.google.com/
5. 2 step authentication: https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/two-step-verification
6. scroll to App passwords : https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
7. To create a new app specific password, type a name for it below...
8. App Name: YourAppName
9. Generated app password
10. copy pasword:
11. Click done

Settings:

$ code .env

1. MAIL_MAILER=smtp
2. MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
3. MAIL_PORT=465
4. [email protected]
5. MAIL_PASSWORD=[GMAIL APP PASSWORD]
6. MAIL_ENCRYPTION=ssl
7. MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS="[email protected]"
8. MAIL_FROM_NAME="${APP_NAME}"

$ php artisan config:cache

http://127.0.0.1:8000/register

Resources:

• https://jetstream.laravel.com/installation.html
• Video: vrkg5F_DUCg