heroku.md

Heroku

Deploying to heroku only takes a few steps.

yo angular-fullstack:heroku

To work with your new heroku app using the command line, you will need to run any heroku commands from the dist folder.

If you're using mongoDB you will need to add a database to your app:

heroku addons:create mongolab

Note: if you get an Error: No valid replicaset instance servers found you need to modify moongose connection options in config/environment/production.js as follows:

options: {
  db: {
    safe: true,
    replset: { socketOptions: { keepAlive: 1, connectTimeoutMS: 30000 } },
    server: { socketOptions: { keepAlive: 1, connectTimeoutMS: 30000 } }
  }
}

One of the odd things about the Node driver is that the default timeout for replica set connections is only 1 second, so make sure you're setting it to something more like 30s like in this example.

Your app should now be live. To view it run heroku open.

If you're using any oAuth strategies, you must set environment variables for your selected oAuth. For example, if we're using Facebook oAuth we would do this :

heroku config:set FACEBOOK_ID=id
heroku config:set FACEBOOK_SECRET=secret

You will also need to set DOMAIN environment variable:

heroku config:set DOMAIN=<your-heroku-app-name>.herokuapp.com
# or (if you're using it):
heroku config:set DOMAIN=<your-custom-domain>

To make your deployment process easier consider using grunt-build-control.

Pushing Updates

gulp build

Commit and push the resulting build, located in your dist folder:

gulp buildcontrol:heroku