Updated installation instructions

README.md

@@ -13,40 +13,71 @@ sudo apt-get install mongodb
 
 On Ubuntu 16.04, this will install mongodb version 2.6 by default.
 
+To check your mongodb server is correctly running:
+
+```
+sudo service mongodb status
+```
+
+### PHP
+
+The extension mongodb-1.4.4 (see below) is compatible with PHP 7.2 or older (thus NOT with PHP 7.3).
+
+If you try with PHP7.3, you will encounter errors like
+
+```
+PHP symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/php/20180731/mongodb.so: undefined symbol: ZEND_HASH_GET_APPLY_COUNT
+```
+
+You can find the complete compatibility matrix at https://docs.mongodb.com/ecosystem/drivers/php/
+
+### PECL
+
+```
+sudo apt-get install php7.2-dev php-pear
+```
+
 ### Mongodb PHP extension
 
 * https://docs.mongodb.com/ecosystem/drivers/php/
 * https://pecl.php.net/package/mongodb
 
-With mongodb 2.6, you will need mongodb-1.4.4:
+You will need mongodb-1.4.4:
 
 ```
 sudo pecl install mongodb-1.4.4
 ```
 
-### PHP
+To check if the correct version of mongodb extension is installed:
 
-The extension mongodb-1.4.4 is compatible with PHP 7.2 or less (thus NOT with PHP 7.3).
+```
+sudo pecl list
+```
 
-If you try with PHP7.3, you will encounter errors like
+And to check that the extension is actually enabled and used by php:
 
 ```
-PHP symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/php/20180731/mongodb.so: undefined symbol: ZEND_HASH_GET_APPLY_COUNT
+php -i | grep mongo
 ```
 
-You can find the complete compatibility matrix at https://docs.mongodb.com/ecosystem/drivers/php/
-
 ### Installation
 
 ```
 composer install
 touch storage/app/db.sqlite
-cp .env.example .env
+cp env.dev .env
 php artisan migrate
 php artisan key:generate
 ```
 
-### Fronted
+To check your installation is correct, you can run the phpunit tests:
+
+```
+./vendor/bin/phpunit
+```
+
+
+### Frontend
 
 ```
 npm install

.env.example → env.dev

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ APP_LOG_LEVEL=debug
 APP_URL=http://localhost
 
 DB_CONNECTION=sqlite
-DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
-DB_PORT=3306
-DB_DATABASE=homestead
-DB_USERNAME=homestead
-DB_PASSWORD=secret
+
+#DB_CONNECTION=mysql
+#DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
+#DB_PORT=3306
+#DB_DATABASE=homestead
+#DB_USERNAME=homestead
+#DB_PASSWORD=secret
 
 BROADCAST_DRIVER=log
 CACHE_DRIVER=file
@@ -22,17 +24,11 @@ REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
 REDIS_PASSWORD=null
 REDIS_PORT=6379
 
-MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
-MAIL_HOST=127.0.0.1
-MAIL_PORT=1025
-MAIL_USERNAME=null
-MAIL_PASSWORD=null
-MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
-
-PUSHER_APP_ID=
-PUSHER_APP_KEY=
-PUSHER_APP_SECRET=
+MAIL_DRIVER=log
+#MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
+#MAIL_HOST=127.0.0.1
+#MAIL_PORT=1025
+#MAIL_USERNAME=null
+#MAIL_PASSWORD=null
+#MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
 
-MONGO_URI=
-MONGO_URI_OPTIONS=
-MONGO_DRIVER_OPTIONS=