SureBooking — Online Appointment Booking Laravel System for Salons, Spas & Beauty

Installation — Web Installer (Recommended)
No Composer, no CLI, no manual .env editing required. The vendor folder is bundled in the download package.

Upload files to your server (FTP, SFTP, cPanel File Manager, or Git). Point your domain / virtual host document root to the public/ subfolder. Set permissions: chmod -R 755 storage bootstrap/cache public/uploads
Open /install in your browser (e.g. https://yourdomain.com/install)
Complete the 7-step wizard:
Requirements check — PHP version and extensions
Permissions check — writable directories
Database — enter DB credentials (installer auto-creates the database if missing)
Site info — site name and application URL
Admin account — set your own email and password
Language & timezone
Install — live progress log, runs migrations and seeds data (30–60 seconds)
Log in to the admin panel at /admin with the credentials you set in Step 5
Start a queue worker — required for emails and background jobs:
php artisan queue:work --queue=high,default
For production, configure Supervisord (see included install guide)
Docker (Local Development)
Extract the package files
Run: docker-compose up -d (.env and APP_KEY are created automatically)
Open: http://localhost:9059/install and complete the wizard
Start queue worker: docker exec -it surebooking_php php artisan queue:work --queue=high,default
After Installation
Configure mail: Admin Panel → Settings → Email Configuration (no .env editing needed)
Add branches, services, and employees: Admin Panel → Branches / Services / Employees
Enable HTTPS and set up SSL certificate on your server
Enable Two-Factor Authentication for admin accounts (Settings → Security)
Full step-by-step installation guide, Docker setup, server configuration (Apache / Nginx), Supervisord setup, and troubleshooting are included in the documentation package (documents/install.html).