4. Getting Started

To begin using Orbit, follow these steps:

4.1 Installation

Orbit is tightly coupled with Pulse, so installation of Pulse is all that is required to setup Orbit. You should follow the Pulse installation documentation.

The .env directory has been moved outside of the Laravel directory and instead exists within the ../integrations directory within Pulse. So the .env file has to be configured there.

4.2 Running Orbit

Orbit sits at the front of Pulse under a specific Apache configuration outlined in the Pulse documentation.

4.3 Configuration

4.3.1 Database Setup

Each of the Orbit related tables are created via Laravel's migrations. However, Pulse also has it's own installation documentation which can sometimes conflict/overlap with this approach. Therfore, you should consult the Pulse documentation before proceeding further with database setup.