Deploy instructions

[antonmry]

It would be great to have some simple instructions about how to deploy the application: how to configure the database, what's needed, etc.

If you help me to start, I would be happy to contribute it to the Readme.

[loicknuchel]

Hi @antonmry
Sorry for the late reply, I just had a baby ^^

So, to answer your question, deploying the app will differ according to where you want to deploy it.
I've done it only on Heroku but I think any PaaS (such as clever cloud or others) are similar.

To deploy it you will need a database (Postgres or H2) and an email service (Sendgrid for now), which are available as addons in heroku. You will also need to setup a bunch of services and setup their authentication keys. You can see all the needed variables in the application.conf

I will add more details on the application.conf to explain more theses variables.

Tell me if you need more details.

[loicknuchel]

I added some explanations to application.conf.
You can also take a look at .env file to see the needed environment variables
Feel free to note your steps to deploy the app and put them in the readme. I would be happy to review your PR ;)

[antonmry]

Hi @loicknuchel

Sorry for the late reply, I also had a baby and I will need some time to catch up 😄

Thanks for the explanation, it's exactly what I was looking for. I will deploy my own instance and prepare a PR documenting the process ASAP.

[loicknuchel]

Oh, it's quite fun ^^

Let me know if you have more questions ;)