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Organize Laravel tools on a unique subdomain
7 min - 06 Dec 2023
TL;DR: How to organize maintenance tools like Laravel Pulse and Laravel Telescope on a subdomain in a Laravel project.
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With the numerous tools provided by the Laravel framework, such as Telescope or more recently Pulse, it has become essential to centralize them on a single dashboard. Here's how to group these tools on a dedicated subdomain.
Initially, only one route is configured in our clean Laravel project.
routes/web.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use Inertia\Inertia;
Route::get( '/', fn() => Inertia::render( 'Welcome' ) );
Creating a subdomain that centralizes the desired tools requires just a few lines in the web.php file. For this article, it is essential to add additional environment variables in the .env file and in the configuration files before proceeding further.
.env
APP_DOMAIN=article.test
APP_URL=http://${APP_DOMAIN}
TOOLS_DOMAIN=tools.${APP_DOMAIN}
Similarly, this involves changes in associated configuration files, such as app.php, and the creation of a new configuration file called tools.php.
config/app.php
...
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Application Domain
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This value is the domain of your application. This value is used when the
| framework needs to access the domain in routes.
|
*/
'domain' => env('APP_DOMAIN'),
...
config/tools.php
<?php
return [
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Tools Domain
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This value is the domain of your tools. This value is used when the
| framework needs to access the domain in routes.
|
*/
'domain' => env('TOOLS_DOMAIN'),
];
Now it's time to configure the routes associated with these changes.
routes/web.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use Inertia\Inertia;
Route::domain( config( 'tools.domain' ) )->group( function()
{
Route::get( '/', fn() => Inertia::render( 'Tools' ) )->name( 'tools' );
});
Route::domain( config( 'app.domain' ) )->group( function()
{
Route::get( '/', fn() => Inertia::render( 'App' ) )->name( 'app' );
});
The command php artisan route:list provides an overview of the created routes, allowing you to check if everything appears to be in order.
php artisan route:list
GET|HEAD tools.article.test/ ......................................... tools
GET|HEAD article.test/ ................................................. app
...
To display the routes, it is necessary to create a page dedicated to the general domain and another for the subdomain tools. By copying the default page with a slight modification of the title, it will be possible to distinguish the two pages. The default page is as follows:
<script setup>
import logotype from '/public/assets/capsules-logotype-red-blue-home.svg';
</script>
<template>
<div class="w-full min-h-screen flex flex-col font-sans text-primary-black">
<div class="grow mx-8 lg:mx-auto max-w-screen-lg overflow-auto flex flex-col items-center justify-center text-center">
<img class="w-24 h-24 select-none" v-bind:src="logotype">
<h1 class="mt-4 text-6xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text="'Capsules Codes'" />
</div>
</div>
</template>
resources/js/pages/App.Vue
...
<h1 class="mt-4 text-6xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text="'Capsules Codes'" />
<h2 class="mt-4 text-4xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text="'Application'" />
...
resources/js/pages/Tools.vue
...
<h1 class="mt-4 text-6xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text="'Capsules Codes'" />
<h2 class="mt-4 text-4xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text="'Tools'" />
...
Now that access to the subdomain is established, it's necessary to create a menu displaying various tabs before implementing the tools. This menu can be positioned on the extreme left with buttons for Pulse and Horizon, while the content would be on the right.
resources/js/pages/Tools.vue
<script setup>
import { Link } from '@inertiajs/vue3';
import logotype from '/public/assets/capsules-logotype-red-blue.svg';
import pulse from '/public/assets/tools/pulse.svg';
import telescope from '/public/assets/tools/telescope.svg';
const props = defineProps( { service : { type : String } } );
</script>
<template>
<div class="w-full h-screen flex">
<div class="p-4 h-full bg-white">
<div class="space-y-8">
<img class="h-8 w-8" v-bind:src="logotype">
<div class="flex flex-col space-y-1">
<Link class="py-2 rounded-md" v-bind:class=" props.service === 'pulse' ? 'bg-slate-100' : 'hover:bg-slate-50' " href="/pulse" v-bind:replace="true" as="button"><img class="mx-2 h-4 w-4" v-bind:src="pulse"></link>
<Link class="py-2 rounded-md" v-bind:class=" props.service === 'telescope' ? 'bg-slate-100' : 'hover:bg-slate-50' " href="/telescope" v-bind:replace="true" as="button"><img class="mx-2 h-4 w-4" v-bind:src="telescope"></link>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="grow overflow-auto">
<div class="h-full flex">
<div class="w-full flex flex-col items-center justify-center">
<img class="w-24 h-24 select-none" v-bind:src="logotype">
<h1 class="mt-4 text-6xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text="'Capsules Codes'" />
<h2 class="mt-4 text-4xl font-bold select-none header-mode" v-text=" props.service ? props.service : 'Tools'" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</template>
- Two links, in the form of
Linkcomponents, are now available to access different tools. Currently, the page displays a "Tools" home screen when no service is loaded.
It is necessary to implement two routes in the web.php file as well as in the ToolsController.php controller to activate our tools.
routes/web.php
use App\Http\Controllers\ToolsController;
Route::domain( config( 'tools.domain' ) )->group( function()
{
Route::get( 'pulse', [ ToolsController::class, 'pulse' ] )->name( 'tools.pulse' );
Route::get( 'telescope', [ ToolsController::class, 'telescope' ] )->name( 'tools.telescope' );
Route::get( '{any}', fn() => redirect()->route( 'tools.pulse' ) )->where( 'any', '.*' );
});
- Now, it's no longer necessary to maintain the route
/. A redirection route has been set up to redirect to the tool of choice in case no URL matches.
app/Http/Controllers/ToolsController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Inertia\Inertia;
use Inertia\Response;
class ToolsController extends Controller
{
public function pulse() : Response
{
return Inertia::render( 'Tools', [ 'service' => 'pulse' ] );
}
public function telescope() : Response
{
return Inertia::render( 'Tools', [ 'service' => 'telescope' ] );
}
}
Now all that's left is to install Pulse et Telescope. For this, a database is required. The installation instructions are summarized below.
.env
DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=tools DB_USERNAME=root DB_PASSWORD=
Laravel Pulse
> composer require laravel/pulse
> php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Laravel\\Pulse\\PulseServiceProvider"
> php artisan migrate
Laravel Telescope
> composer require laravel/telescope
> php artisan telescope:install
> php artisan migrate
Once these tools are installed, the paths /pulse and /telescope give direct access to the tools. Therefore, it's necessary to modify them, which can be done from their respective configuration files. You just need to update the paths in the .env file.
.env
PULSE_PATH=pulse-custom-path
TELESCOPE_PATH=telescope-custom-path
Now, it's necessary to inject the paths from the ToolsController into the Tools component. The latter will then load the <iframe> tag with the current URL.
app\Http\Controllers\ToolsController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Inertia\Inertia;
use Inertia\Response;
class ToolsController extends Controller
{
public function pulse() : Response
{
return Inertia::render( 'Tools', [ 'service' => 'pulse', 'url' => redirect()->to( config( 'pulse.path' ) )->getTargetUrl() ] );
}
public function telescope() : Response
{
return Inertia::render( 'Tools', [ 'service' => 'telescope', 'url' => redirect()->to( config( 'telescope.path' ) )->getTargetUrl() ] );
}
}
resources/js/pages/Tools.vue
<script setup>
import { Link } from '@inertiajs/vue3';
import logotype from '/public/assets/capsules-logotype-red-blue.svg';
import pulse from '/public/assets/tools/pulse.svg';
import telescope from '/public/assets/tools/telescope.svg';
const props = defineProps( { service : { type : String, required : true }, url : { type : String, required : true } } );
</script>
<template>
<div class="w-full h-screen flex">
<div class="p-4 h-full bg-white">
<div class="space-y-8">
<img class="h-8 w-8" v-bind:src="logotype">
<div class="flex flex-col space-y-1">
<Link class="py-2 rounded-md" v-bind:class=" props.service === 'pulse' ? 'bg-slate-100' : 'hover:bg-slate-50' " href="/pulse" v-bind:replace="true" as="button"><img class="mx-2 h-4 w-4" v-bind:src="pulse"></link>
<Link class="py-2 rounded-md" v-bind:class=" props.service === 'telescope' ? 'bg-slate-100' : 'hover:bg-slate-50' " href="/telescope" v-bind:replace="true" as="button"><img class="mx-2 h-4 w-4" v-bind:src="telescope"></link>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="grow overflow-auto">
<iframe class="w-full h-full" v-bind:src="props.url" />
</div>
</div>
</template>
The tools are now accessible through the side menu! 🎉
Several additional pieces of information intended to support this article :
- Several factors can restrict access to the subdomain. For example, adding an
auth.basicmiddleware to a route will trigger the opening of a modal window for authentication.
Route::get( 'pulse', [ ToolsController::class, 'pulse' ] )->middleware( 'auth.basic' )->name( 'tools.pulse' );
- Another example is the implementation of a
Gatewithin variousServiceProvider, such asTelescopeServiceProvider.php, checks whether the user is logged in throughAuth::check().
protected function gate() : void
{
Gate::define( 'viewTelescope', fn() => Auth::check() );
}
- The session cookie is tied to its domain name by default. To access the session cookie independently of the subdomain, it is necessary to add the
SESSION_DOMAINenvironment variable to the.envfile, associating the global domain name with a dot.prefix.
SESSION_DOMAIN=".article.test"
- Certain URLs cannot be included within an
<iframe>tag due to theX-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGINheader. If you are the owner, you can add the following header to theContent-Security-Policyin your embeddable tool'sNginxconfiguration to validate the origin :add_header Content-Security-Policy "frame-ancestors 'self' {website-url};. If you do not own the URL, it is advisable to use an external link.
public function google() : RedirectResponse
{
return Redirect::away( "http://google.com" );
}
Glad this helped.