---
title: "Installation"
description: "Installation — PHP / Laravel BabelQueue driver (1.x)."
source: https://babelqueue.com/docs/laravel/1.x/installation/
updated: 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
---

# Installation

Install the PHP / Laravel driver via Composer:

```bash
composer require babelqueue/laravel
```

## Requirements

- **PHP** `^8.2`
- **Laravel** 11 or 12
- A running broker for your driver — **Redis**, **RabbitMQ**, **Amazon SQS**
  (`babelqueue-sqs`, needs `aws/aws-sdk-php`) or **Apache ActiveMQ/Artemis**
  (`babelqueue-artemis`, needs `stomp-php/stomp-php`)

## Publish the configuration

Publish the package config to `config/babelqueue.php`:

```bash
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=babelqueue-config
```

This gives you the URN → handler map, the `on_unknown_urn` policy and the
dead-letter settings you'll wire up in [Configuration](/docs/laravel/1.x/configuration/).

Next: [Configuration](/docs/laravel/1.x/configuration/).