Heroku_Node_deploymentNotes.html

<!-- Notes on deployment on Heroku -->

<!-- view the whole guide here -->
<!-- https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-nodejs#set-up -->

heroku login

<!-- this will make a new app on heroku.com -->
heroku create 

<!-- now make a 'Procfile' (no extension) -->
web: node index.js

<!-- see the console output -->
heroku logs --tail

<!-- define procfile -->
<!-- hwo will this be deoployed -->
web: node index.js

<!-- dynos how much speed -->
<!-- free should only do one -->
heroku ps
heroku ps:scale web=1
heroku ps:scale web=2

<!-- make sure to have a package.json -->

<!-- deploy locally -->
foreman start web

<!-- push to heroku -->
git push heroku master

<!-- see the app on heroku -->
heroku open

<!-- see heroku addons -->
heroku addons

<!-- this addon will show you better logs -->
heroku addons:add papertrail
heroku addons:open papertrail

<!-- see the console -->
heroku run node
heroku run bash

<!-- sensitive data here -->
<!-- Heroku lets you externalise configuration - storing data such an encryption keys or external resource addresses in config vars. -->
<!-- read more on link above -->
heroku config:set TIMES=2