Admin can now control channel creation from the admin dashboard

database/migrations/2026_05_15_235625_add_can_create_channel_to_users_table.php

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->boolean('can_create_channel')->default(false)->index()->after('is_admin');
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('can_create_channel');
+        });
+    }
+};

database/migrations/2026_05_15_235629_create_platform_settings_table.php

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::create('platform_settings', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->boolean('channel_creation_open')->default(false);
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('platform_settings');
+    }
+};

database/seeders/DatabaseSeeder.php

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 namespace Database\Seeders;
 
 use App\Models\Category;
+use App\Models\PlatformSetting;
 use App\Models\User;
+use App\Services\Streaming\StreamKeyManager;
 use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
 
 class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
@@ -24,15 +26,35 @@ class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
             ['name' => $category['name']],
         ));
 
-        User::factory()->create([
-            'name' => 'Test User',
-            'email' => 'test@example.com',
+        PlatformSetting::current();
+
+        $admin = User::query()->firstOrNew(['email' => 'admin@nyone.net']);
+        $admin->forceFill([
+            'name' => 'Admin User',
+            'password' => 'password',
+            'email_verified_at' => now(),
+            'is_admin' => true,
+            'can_create_channel' => false,
+        ])->save();
+
+        $official = User::query()->firstOrNew(['email' => 'chief@nyone.net']);
+        $official->forceFill([
+            'name' => 'Chief Nyone',
+            'password' => 'password',
+            'email_verified_at' => now(),
+            'is_admin' => false,
+            'can_create_channel' => true,
+        ])->save();
+
+        $channel = $official->channel()->updateOrCreate([], [
+            'category_id' => Category::query()->where('slug', 'creative')->value('id'),
+            'slug' => 'nyone',
+            'display_name' => 'Nyone Official',
+            'description' => 'Official updates and live sessions from Nyone.',
         ]);
 
-        User::factory()->create([
-            'name' => 'Admin User',
-            'email' => 'admin@example.com',
-            'is_admin' => true,
-        ]);
+        if (! $channel->streamKey()->exists()) {
+            app(StreamKeyManager::class)->rotate($channel);
+        }
     }
 }