README.heroku.rst

Demo on Heroku

This project is set up to run on Heroku out of the box.

Getting Started

1. Sign up for Heroku, install the toolbelt, and log in as described in Heroku's "Getting Started" guide.

2. Create an app on Heroku by running heroku create --stack cedar.

3. Add a free shared database by running heroku addons:add shared-database:5mb.

4. Set up a few environment variables:

   heroku config:add PYTHONPATH=.
   heroku config:add DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=settings.heroku
   

5. Create the database tables by running heroku run django-admin.py syncdb.

6. Prepare the database for the loaded data by running heroku run scripts/delete_content_types.py.

7. Load the demo data by running heroku run django-admin.py loaddata demo.db.json.

8. Push the code to Heroku by running git push heroku master.

9. Start the webserver by running heroku ps:scale web=1.