Deploying to Heroku

Heroku is a developer-focused Platform as a Service, using the tools developers know well. You can simply push your projects to Heroku using Git and your application is deployed for you automatically.

• Create a free Heroku account
• Download the Heroku Toolbelt

Identify your laptop to Heroku

To be able to deploy your app to Heroku, you first need extablish a trusted connection between your laptop and Heroku. Run the following command (from the Heroku Toolbelt)

heroku login

Enter your username and password for Heroku. Also enter your 2-factor authorisation code if you enabled that on your Heroku account.

You only need to run heroku login once per computer / user account you use with Heroku.