Running on Heroku

Heroku is a container-based cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS). Developers use Heroku to deploy, manage, and scale modern apps. The platform is elegant, flexible, and easy to use, offering developers the simplest path to getting their apps to market.

From the “What is Heroku?” section of their website

Heroku provides a free hosting service which works with Umami as well as databases through add-ons. You don’t need to have a database set up before this setup guide.

Setup

Website

  1. Fork a copy of the umami repository.
  2. Create an account on Heroku.
  3. From the dashboard page click New > Create new app.
  4. Choose an App name and then click Create app.
  5. Under Deployment method click GitHub and follow the instructions to connect Heroku to GitHub.
  6. Search for the repository and click Connect.

Database

  1. Navigate to the Resources tab and click on the Find more add-ons button.
  2. Search for Heroku Postgres and follow its instructions to install the add-on.
  3. The add-on will set the DATABASE_URL automatically; you should not have to manually set it.
  4. You will need to set up the database tables by following the Create database tables section of the Install docs. You can find temporary connection details by following the Resources > Heroku Postgres > Settings > Database Credentials path.

Build and Deploy

  1. Under the Settings > Config Vars section, set the HASH_SALT environment variable. Read the Install section for information about the HASH_SALT environment variable.
  2. With the environment variables and database set up, click the Deploy > Manual Deploy > Deploy Branch button.
  3. Once the build has finished, the website should be live. Follow the Open app button at the top of the dashboard to view it.
  4. Follow the Getting started guide starting from the Login step.