How to deploy

Eatr currently runs on the Heroku platform. Below are the steps required to deploy this app yourself

Prerequisites

• A Git installation
• A Heroku account
• The Heroku CLI
• MongoDB database hosting - eatr uses mLab

Deploying

1. Clone the 'deploy'-branch of this repository and go into the directory

  git clone -b deploy https://github.com/kfrancois/webapps.git && cd webapps

2. Create a Heroku app

  heroku create

3. Browse to your app and go to your app's settings

4. Reveal Config Vars

5. Enter your own backend secret and the connection string to your database. Do not share these with anyone, and make sure your backend secret is sufficiently secure. This secret doesn't have to be readable.

6. Your website is now running!