This repository contains a basic Strapi application which is quickly and easily deployable on Heroku through a one-click deploy button
To deploy this project on Heroku, you'll need:
- An Heroku account (Free)
- A Cloudinary account for hosting your assets (Free)
This project will use the postgresql Heroku addons. The database configuration can be found in the config/database.js file. Using the existing configuration means that you project will also use the production postgresql database when running locally on your machine.
You will need to have the same DATABASE_URL that the addon will create on your Heroku project if you want to use the postresql database locally.
- Create an
.envfile at the root of your project containing the following code:
DATABASE_URL=...
If you want to use an SQLite database just for editing your collection-types, configurations locally on your machine, please comment the postgresql configuration in the config/database.js file and uncomment the SQLite one.
You can also create a config/env/production/database.js file containing the postgresql connection and only keep the SQLite connection in your config/database.js. This way you'll have two different database connection depending on the environment.
This project will upload your assets on your Cloudinary account. The configuration can be found in the config/plugins.js file. Using the existing configuration means that you project will also use the cloudinary upload provider when running locally on your machine.
You will need to have the same CLOUDINARY_NAME, CLOUDINARY_KEY and CLOUDINARY_SECRET variables in an .env file locally on your machine.
- Create an
.envfile at the root of your project containing the following code:
CLOUDINARY_NAME=...
CLOUDINARY_KEY=...
CLOUDINARY_SECRET=...
If you want to upload your assets on your computer when running locally on your machine, please comment the content of your config/plugins.js file.
You can also create a config/env/production/plugins.js file containing the cloudinary provider and delete your config/plugins.js. This way you'll have two different upload providers depending on the environment.