In this section, we will deploy your application on Heroku for free. We will even use the free Redis instance available to store our session and cache.
The first thing we need to do to create a Heroku application is to download the command-line tools available at https://toolbelt.heroku.com.
On Mac, you can also install it with brew command:
> brew install heroku-toolbelt
Create an account on Heroku and use heroku login to link the toolbelt to your account:
> heroku login Enter your Heroku credentials. Email: [email protected] Password (typing will be hidden): Authentication successful.
Then, go to your application root and type heroku create appName --region eu. Replace appName with a name of your choice. If you don't provide a name, it will be generated automatically:
> heroku create appname --region eu Creating appname... done, region is eu https://appname.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/appname.git Git remote...