VA Nexus
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Installation

VA Nexus Installation Guide

A detailed, user-friendly guide for installing VA Nexus beta on cPanel hosting.

Minimum requirements

PHP

8.2+

Database

MySQL

Framework

Laravel 12

Required PHP extensions

Required

  • PDO
  • pdo_mysql
  • mbstring
  • openssl
  • tokenizer
  • ctype
  • json
  • xml

Strongly recommended

  • bcmath
  • fileinfo
  • curl
  • gd
  • intl
  • zip
  • exif
  • dom

On most cPanel hosts, you can enable these in Select PHP Version or your PHP extensions panel.

Create a database in cPanel

Step 1: Open MySQL Databases

Log into cPanel and open the MySQL Databases section.

Step 2: Create the database

Create a new database. cPanel may prefix the name with your hosting username. 

username_vanexus

Step 3: Create the database user

Create a MySQL user and save the password somewhere safe.

Step 4: Add user to database

Add the user to the database and grant all privileges.

Typical database values

DB Host: localhost
DB Port: 3306
DB Database: your_full_database_name
DB Username: your_full_database_user
DB Password: your_database_password

Upload VA Nexus files

Using File Manager

  1. 1. Open File Manager in cPanel.
  2. 2. Navigate to your domain or subdomain document root.
  3. 3. Upload the VA Nexus ZIP package.
  4. 4. Extract the package in that folder.

Using FTP

  1. 1. Connect with FTP or SFTP.
  2. 2. Upload the VA Nexus files to the install folder.
  3. 3. Wait until all files finish uploading.

Set writable folders

storage/

Must be writable

bootstrap/cache/

Must be writable

.env

Must be writable or creatable

Run the installer

Open the installer in your browser: 

https://yourdomain.com/install

Installer checks

The beta installer checks PHP version, required extensions, writable folders, environment setup, and storage link capability before continuing.

After installation

  • Log into the admin area
  • Review airline settings
  • Add airports, aircraft, and flights
  • Keep a backup before future updates
  • Keep the ZIP extension enabled for updater and modules