The simple test app with activerecord and grape as REST framework.
- Create account, point to GitHub repo (or any git server).
- Booting of 500 min free instance really slow 5 min+.
- SSH key for GitHub repo, and optional key for connecting to the server over SSH.
- Git repo server can be anywhere, but needs to support SSH.
- Mostly interaction with Engine Yard web interface.
- Deploying of Git Ref default to HEAD.
- rake db:migrate can be optionally used with the deployment.
- Postgres infered and created by including 'pg' gem in Gemfile.
- The credentials used for db is unknown, unsure if it is using from database.yml
- There is no interface for getting to the db.
- By default is backing up db every 24 hours and keep them for 10 days.
- Uses Passenger 3 as App Server.
- Supports Ruby (jRuby), PHP and node.js
- Supports MySql, postgesql and mongodb databases.
- Domain DNS can be entered for app.
- Crete account, install gem heroku.
- In local folder (may or may not be existing git repo) run
heroku create. - Creates repo if there was none, to existing repo adds remote to the heroku git repo.
- Has its own Git server, but it can link only to GitHub.
- Interaction is mostly CLI based:
- Deploying is by pushing
heroku rake db:migrate
- Postgres is default db.
- Creates random db, user, pass, doesn't use database.yml.
- There is a web interface for getting db details.
- By default there is no backup, but there is an Add-on that can be attached.
- postgres web interface has feature 'Data Clips', as queries that can be stored and executed.
- Supports Ruby, Python, Java, Scala. node.js, clojure.
- Supports postgresql and mongodb databases.
- Domain DNS can be entered for app.
- Also available jRuby support.
- Interesting reading
- The Heroku Hacker's Guide 10$ ebook, ultimate guide for deploying on Heroku.