Laravel Multi-Level Authentication

In this tutorial I will explain how create separate user and admin panel authentication.

Must watch this video to learn the practical application of this tutorial.

Installation

Create a laravel project

composer create-project laravel/laravel=9.1 example-app

Install laravel breeze package

composer require laravel/breeze=1.9 --dev
php artisan breeze:install
npm install
npm run dev

Create a database and update .env file with your database credentials and then run migration

php artisan migrate

Create Admin Panel

Create a modal for admin

php artisan make:model Admin -m

• Copy users columns to admin migration file
• Copy all text from User model to Admin model and set the class name Admin

Create all necessary routes for admin authentication

/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Admin Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/

Route::get('/admin/login', [AuthenticatedSessionController::class, 'create'])->name('admin.login')->middleware('guest:admin');

Route::post('/admin/login/store', [AuthenticatedSessionController::class, 'store'])->name('admin.login.store');

Route::group(['middleware' => 'admin'], function() {

    Route::get('/admin', [HomeController::class, 'index'])->name('admin.dashboard');

    Route::post('/admin/logout', [AuthenticatedSessionController::class, 'destroy'])->name('admin.logout');

});

• create Admin folder on controller

• controller => Admin => Auth => copy AuthenticatedSessionController.php from user Auth

• AuthenticatedSessionController.php =>

  namespace App\Http\Controllers\Admin\Auth;
  use App\Http\Requests\Auth\AdminLoginRequest;
  
  public function create()
  {
      return view('admin.auth.login');
  }
  
  public function store(AdminLoginRequest $request)
  {
      $request->authenticate();
  
      $request->session()->regenerate();
  
      return redirect()->intended(RouteServiceProvider::ADMIN_HOME);
  
  }
  public function destroy(Request $request)
  {
      Auth::guard('admin')->logout();
  
      $request->session()->invalidate();
  
      $request->session()->regenerateToken();
  
      return redirect('/');
  
  }
  

• go to RouteServiceProvider and do it:

  public const HOME = '/dashboard';
  public const ADMIN_HOME = '/admin';
  

• create admin folder on views, create auth folder on admin and copy-paste login view from user > auth

• You can specify the admin login page

  <x-slot name="logo">
      <a href="/">
      <x-application-logo class="w-20 h-20 fill-current text-gray-500" />
      </a>
      Admin Login
  </x-slot>
  

• to view login link paste it in welcome page anywhere

  @auth('admin')
      <a href=" {{ route('admin.dashboard') }} ">Admin Dashboard</a>
  @else
      <a href=" {{ route('admin.login') }} ">Admin Login</a>
  @endauth
  

• set action in admin login form

  <form method="POST" action="{{ route('admin.login.store') }}">
  

• Create a seed for admin

  php artisan make:seeder AdminSeeder
  

  • AdminSeeder.php =>

    use App\Models\Admin;
    
    public function run()
    {
        $admin = [
            'name' => 'Mamunur Rashid Mamun',
            'email' => 'admin@example.com',
            'password' => bcrypt('12345678')
        ];
        Admin::create($admin);
    }
    

• go to DatabaseSeeder.php and do it:

  public function run()
  {
      $this->call([
          AdminSeeder::class,
      ]);
  }
  

• seed the database

  php artisan db:seed
  

Creating guard:

• go to Admin model and do it:

    use HasApiTokens, HasFactory, Notifiable;
    protected $guard = 'admin';
  

• go to config => auth.php =>

  'guards' => [
      'web' => [
          'driver' => 'session',
          'provider' => 'users',
      ],
      'admin' => [
          'driver' => 'session',
          'provider' => 'admins',
      ],
  ],
  
  'providers' => [
      'users' => [
          'driver' => 'eloquent',
          'model' => App\Models\User::class,
      ],
      'admins' => [
          'driver' => 'eloquent',
          'model' => App\Models\Admin::class,
      ],
  ],
  

• go to middleware => RedirectIfAuthenticated.php =>

  public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next, ...$guards)
  {
      $guards = empty($guards) ? [null] : $guards;
  
      foreach ($guards as $guard) {
          if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
  
              if($guard == 'admin') {
                  return redirect(RouteServiceProvider::ADMIN_HOME);
              }
              return redirect(RouteServiceProvider::HOME);
          }
      }
  
      return $next($request);
  }
  

• App => Http => Request => Auth => LoginRequest.php > duplicate and set name AdminLoginRequest.php > change the classname to AdminLoginRequest >

  public function authenticate()
  {
      $this->ensureIsNotRateLimited();
  
      if (! Auth::guard('admin')->attempt($this->only('email', 'password'), $this->boolean('remember'))) {
          RateLimiter::hit($this->throttleKey());
  
          throw ValidationException::withMessages([
              'email' => trans('auth.failed'),
          ]);
      }
  
      RateLimiter::clear($this->throttleKey());
  }
  

• create admin dashboard by duplicating user dashboard

• create HomeController

  php artisan make:controller Admin/HomeController
  

  • HomeController.php =>

    class HomeController extends Controller
    {
        public function index() {
            return view('admin.dashboard');
        }
    }
    

• copy user layout view folder to admin

• App => view => components => duplicate AppLayout.php to AdminLayout.php and change class name to AdminLayout

  public function render()
  {
      return view('admin.layouts.app');
  }
  

• change layouts file view from user to admin

• Create middleware for admin

    php artisan make:middleware AdminMiddleware
  

  • AdminMiddleware.php =>

    use Auth;
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        if(!Auth::guard('admin')->check()) {
            return redirect()->route('admin.login');
        }
        return $next($request);
    }
    

• go to App => Http => Kernel =>

  protected $routeMiddleware = [
      'admin' => \App\Http\Middleware\AdminMiddleware::class,
  ];