deployment.md

Deployment to Heroku

1. Install the heroku CLI

   brew tap heroku/brew && brew install heroku

2. Login with your heroku credentials

   heroku login

3. Create your application

   heroku apps:create --buildpack heroku/python

4. Add redis add-on for celery worker

   heroku addons:create heroku-redis -a your_app_name

5. Add PostgreSQL add-on for database

   heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql

6. Verify REDIS and DATABASE exist

   heroku addons

   

7. Run the line below for each desired variable (except DATABASE_URL and REDIS_URL) in configuration guide

   heroku config:set VARIABLE_NAME=variable_value

8. Push the code to heroku

   git push heroku master

9. Start the celery worker on a dyno

   heroku ps:scale worker=1

10. Open the application

    heroku open