Add an admin field in users table

I have added a role_id field to users table and a new Roles table with id,name + any other fields for capabilities..

After authentication you could just render an admin view where the role_id is the admins id...

In the routes file just delete or comment out the auth routes.

/*
Route::controllers([
	'auth' => 'Auth\AuthController',
	'password' => 'Auth\PasswordController',
]);
*/

I guess you could through the trouble of even removing more.

How can I create controllers in an admin directory?

e.g. app/Http/Controllers/Admin/WelcomeController.php

I want to access the admin panel at /admin and be separate from the front end, or is there a better way?

i'm in the same case.

In L4 I used Sentry but now you must pay for use it.

I'm studying how to do it too.

Try this one http://adminarchitect.com. Developed by developers for developers.