Configuration

After running the initial configuration command shown in the previous step. You will notice that your project will be shown as in the image below, observing the “signal” icon.

By clicking on the signal icon, you will be able to see all your projects, toggle the settings, and also remove them.

WARNING

The settings may change depending on the update of the PHP or Laravel package.

Always have the latest versions installed to ensure compatibility between desktop apps

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Configuration options

LaraDumps options and their respective configurations are detailed in this section.

app.primary_host

Desktop App Host. Your PHP/Laravel project will send Dumps to this address.

You can configure the host in your laradumps.yaml file, under the key app.primary_host.

In most cases, it will be your localhost:

app:
  primary_host: 127.0.0.1

You may configure a custom host value, if needed.

Environment	Host
Default	127.0.0.1
Docker/Sail	host.docker.internal
Homestead with VirtualBox	10.211.55.2
Homestead with Parallels	10.211.55.2
Wsl Host	WSL IP (read below)

app.secondary_host

As a direct alternative, the secondary host can already be configured if you wish to have more than one pre-defined host, such as a "docker connection" using host.docker.internal

app:
  primary_host: 127.0.0.1
  secondary_host: host.docker.internal

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Docker and Linux

If you are using Docker on a Linux host, you must perform additional configuration because. Automatic mapping is not available. Read more here.

WSL

If you are running your project directly from the WSL machine, you must configure LaraDumps with the WSL IP.

This is often the case when running php artisan server from inside the WSL machine.

The WSL IP changes every time the computer is restarted, and you must update your project configuration when the IP changes.

Find out the WSL IP

To determine the WSL IP address, launch Windows Powershell and execute the ipconfig command.

You should see an output similar to this:

C:\Users\user>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~ some other adapters.... ~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL):

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fda6::4727:7d48:8e61:7d48%60
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.21.48.1 <====================================
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Scroll down to the Ethernet adapter vEthernet (WSL) section, disregard other adapters.

Now, add the IP address from this section in your app.primary_host or app.secondary_host in your laradumps.yaml file.

For example:

app:
  primary_host: 172.21.48.1

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Auto-Invoke

By default, LaraDumps Desktop App will be invoked and gain focus whenever a new dump arrives.

To disable this behavior, change the laradumps.yaml file key observers.auto_invoke_app to false.

You can also send Quiet dumps and the app will not be invoked.

observers:
  auto_invoke_app: true

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VS Code Remote WSL (custom path)

• Windows

app:
  project_path: C:\dan\projects\\
  wsl_config: wsl+Ubuntu

TIP

• To get your distro name, run the command wsl -l -v in your command prompt.
• To get remote path, you can run the pwd command inside your WSL project folder.

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macOS auto-launch

Sometimes, when debugging a variable using ds() in a code snippet, you may forget to open the LaraDumps desktop application. To make things easier, LaraDumps provides an automatic way to open the application if you are using macOS.

In laradumps.yaml, add:

config:
    macos_auto_launch: true