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1 | | -## Basic Heroku Server |
2 | | - |
3 | | -Heroku is a cloud application platform where you can build and deploy web apps using Node.js. |
4 | | - |
5 | | -Heroku integrates with Git so you can easily deploy your application by pushing to master. |
6 | | - |
7 | | -#### Before you start: |
8 | | - |
9 | | -1. [Sign up](heroku.com) for an account (free) |
10 | | -2. Install the heroku toolbelt kit (allows you to use 'heroku' in the command line) |
11 | | - |
12 | | -#### Let's do it: |
13 | | - |
14 | | -- Create a folder, navigate to it, and initialize git: |
15 | | -``` |
16 | | -mkdir exampleHerokuServer |
17 | | -cd exampleHerokuServer |
18 | | -git init |
19 | | -git add . |
20 | | -git commit -m "first commit" |
21 | | -``` |
22 | | -- Login to heroku through your terminal, name your app and git push: |
23 | | -``` |
24 | | -heroku Login |
25 | | -heroku create <name-of-your-app> |
26 | | -git push |
27 | | -``` |
28 | | -- Create your server in a server.js file: |
29 | | - |
30 | | -```js |
31 | | -var server = var server = http.createServer(function(request, response) { |
32 | | - var filePath = false; |
33 | | - |
34 | | - if (request.url == '/') { |
35 | | - filePath = "index.html"; |
36 | | - } else { |
37 | | - filePath = "public" + request.url; |
38 | | - } |
39 | | - |
40 | | - var absPath = "./" + filePath; |
41 | | - serverWorking(response, absPath); |
42 | | -}); |
43 | | -``` |
44 | | - |
45 | | -- Declare your dependancies: |
46 | | - |
47 | | -```js |
48 | | -var http = require("http"); |
49 | | -var fs = require("fs"); |
50 | | -var path = require("path"); |
51 | | -var mime = require("mime"); |
52 | | -``` |
53 | | - |
54 | | -- Create package.JSON file: |
55 | | - |
56 | | -```js |
57 | | -{ |
58 | | - "name" : "blog", |
59 | | - "version" : "0.0.1", |
60 | | - "description" : "My minimalistic blog", |
61 | | - "dependencies" : { |
62 | | - "mime" : "~1.2.7" |
63 | | - } |
64 | | -} |
65 | | -``` |
66 | | -- Run npm Install |
67 | | -- Load a basic HTML file: |
68 | | -```html |
69 | | -<!DOCTYPE html> |
70 | | -<html> |
71 | | - <head> |
72 | | - <title>Test Server, woohoo!</title> |
73 | | - </head> |
74 | | - <body> |
75 | | - </body> |
76 | | -</html> |
77 | | -``` |
78 | | -- git push heroku master |
79 | | -- heroku open! |
80 | | -- your [page](https://git.heroku.com/example-server-facn1.git) should open! |
81 | | - |
82 | 1 | ### Environment Variables |
83 | 2 | - Useful for storing sensitive data like API keys, passwords and other sensitive information - or indeed any data which changes between development environments (testing / production code vs. public code for example) |
84 | 3 | - Sensitive data should never be uploaded to Github on a public repo - there are various programs which constantly scan Github looking for access keys to a range of APIs and other services - see [here](https://gitleaks.com/) |
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