This project will demonstrate Heroku pipelines with config vars (environment variables). After following this demo, you will have a project with multiple environments. Every environment will be the same in source code, but different in appearance, due to environment variables.
You can set up this demo without building it locally.
- Free Github account
- Free Heroku account
- At least two available projects in Heroku (Free account comes with 5 available projects)
- Fork this Repo
- Log in to Heroku
- In the Heroku Dashboard, click New > Create new pipeline
- Choose a name
- Connect to github
- Choose the forked github repo
- Your pipe is created, but needs apps. Create one in staging. Click Add App > Create new app. A new window opens
- (optional) Choose a unique name
- Click Create App
- Do the same for an app in the production stage.
- (optional) you can add a development stage by adding an app and transferring it to development stage (click the options button on the app). Development stage does not exist yet, but will be added automatically.
- Apps are created, lets add automatic deploys. Only the first app in your pipeline needs this. You don't want production to automatically build on every change.
- Click on the name of the app in your first stage
- Click tab Deploy
- Scroll to Automatic deploys and click Enable Automatic Deploys
Lets add environment variables! (do this for every app in your stages)
- Click the name of the app (within the pipeline)
- Go to Settings tab
- Click Reveal Config Vars (list should be empty)
- Add a variable ENV_COLOR with a color name of your choosing (color hash codes should work as well)
- Add a variable ENV_NAME with a name for the stage (I used Development, Acceptance and Production for my stages)
Lets deploy!
- On the app that is connected to github, click the arrows (options)
- Click Deploy a branch
- Choose master and click Deploy
- When it is done deploying, click options again and click Open app in browser. It should have the color and text of your choosing
Lets promote! By promoting a stage, Heroku copies the build from one app to the next.
- On the active app, click Promote to Production
- When done, you can open the app and it should have a different color and text!
Something to consider:
- I hardcoded the links to my environments in the app.component.html. You can change the links to represent your stages. The format is: .herokuapp.com
- The variables I used (ENV_COLOR and ENV_Name) are needed for this project. You can choose your own name and values for your own project.