getting Gii to work on Yii 2.0

This is how to get Gii working from a remote server for an advanced setup template.

In the frontend config file. For example:

/frontend/config/main-local.php

Add the following code:

if (!YII_ENV_TEST) {    // configuration adjustments for 'dev' environment    $config['bootstrap'][] = 'debug';    $config['modules']['debug'] = 'yii\debug\Module';    $config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';    $config['modules']['gii']=[      'class' =>  'yii\gii\Module',      'allowedIPs' => ['*'],    ];}

The interesting part is the Gii array which has been modified.

Step 1: Add Following line to required-dev of composer.json

"yiisoft/yii2-gii": "*"

Step 2: Update your composer.Step 3: Add Following line to your frontend/config/main.php file. Don't incude these ..........

  'modules' => [    ............    'gii' => [      'class' => 'yii\gii\Module', //adding gii module      'allowedIPs' => ['127.0.0.1', '::1']  //allowing ip's     ],    ...........  ]

Step 4:If you have enabled your clean url then go to

project_name/frontend/web/gii

if not then go to

project_name/frontend/web/index.php?r=gii

You can follow the link yii2_gii

Like described in the Docs you have to adjust the allowed IPs in the /frontend/config/main-local.php:

    if (!YII_ENV_TEST) {      ...      $config['bootstrap'][] = 'gii';      $config['modules']['gii'] = [        'class' => 'yii\gii\Module',        'allowedIPs' => ['127.0.0.1', '::1', '192.168.*.*']      ];    }

If you have modified your /frontend/config/main.php like this for pretty URLs:

    return [    ...    'components' => [      ...      'urlManager' => [            'class' => 'yii\web\UrlManager',            'enablePrettyUrl' => true,            'showScriptName' => false      ],      ...    ];

You can call gii with the URL

    yourVM.local/gii

(Having yourVM.local point to your Frontend Module in your Hosts file.)