Approval Portal · Setup

This runs once. It creates the configuration, the database tables and your owner account.

1. Server check

✓ PHP 8.3 or newer (you have 8.5.12)

✓ PHP extension pdo_mysql

✓ PHP extension mbstring

✓ PHP extension openssl

✓ PHP extension zip

✓ PHP extension gd

✓ PHP extension xml

✓ PHP extension fileinfo

✓ PHP extension curl

✓ PHP extension tokenizer

✓ PHP extension ctype

✓ PHP extension intl or bcmath (optional)

✓ Folder storage is writable

✓ Folder storage/framework is writable

✓ Folder storage/logs is writable

✓ Folder bootstrap/cache is writable

✓ Root folder is writable (to create .env)

Portal URL *For example https://approvals.yourdomain.qa

Create it first in cPanel → MySQL® Database Wizard, and give the user ALL PRIVILEGES.

Host *

Port

Database name *

Database user *

Database password

Create a mailbox in cPanel → Email Accounts (e.g. noreply@yourdomain). Leave empty to only log emails for now.

SMTP host

SMTP port

SMTP username

SMTP password

From address

Anthropic API keyWithout a key, the portal uses keyword rules. You can add it later in the .env file.

Your name *

Your email *

Password (8+ characters) *

First entity name (English) *

First entity name (Arabic)

Also add a demo entity with sample people and services (good for showing the portal)