Heroku Notes

README.md

How to add heroku app to existing project

heroku git:remote -a HEROKU_APP_NAME_HERE

Heroku deployment without the app being at the repo root (in a subfolder)

git add .
git commit -m "First Commit"
git subtree push --prefix NAME_OF_SUBFOLDER_HERE heroku master

Remove heroku from existing project

git remote rm heroku 

Laravel + Heroku

0. Create Procfile and add :

web: vendor/bin/heroku-php-apache2 public

1. run :

heroku git:remote -a HEROKU_APP_NAME_HERE
git add .
git commit -m "your message"
git push heroku master

2. go to Heroku -> settings -> Reveal config vars
3. Create APP_KEY : base64.......... (from .env file)
4. To add database we will use PostGres : go to Heroku -> Resources -> Add-ons -> postgres
5. Go to Heroku -> settings -> Reveal config vars and you will find DATABASE_URL postgres://:@:/
6. Config will look like this
7. run

heroku run bash
php artisan migrate:fresh

More info : https://medium.com/@sdkcodes/how-to-deploy-a-laravel-app-to-heroku-24b5cb33fbe