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| ### 2. Configure Ackee | |||
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| Ensure that you're using the correct CORS headers by setting [`ACKEE_ALLOW_ORIGIN`](CORS%20headers.md#heroku-or-platforms-as-a-service-configuration). | |||
| - You need to have a MongoDB instance running, for example using [mLab MongoDB](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/mongolab) add-on which is currently available for free. This is as simple as typing `heroku addons:create mongolab --app <YOUR_APP_NAME>` using the CLI, or using the web dashboard; more details at the [official documentation](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/managing-add-ons). The add-on will inject `MONGODB_URI` variable into the Ackee application so you just need to restart Heroku app _dyno_ to make Ackee process connect to MongoDB. NOTE: you need to provide your credit card details in order to use add-ons in Heroku. | |||
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You should suggest a different add-on provider as mLab is being deprecated soon.
Reference: https://devcenter.heroku.com/changelog-items/1823
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@aleccool213 can you recommend any?
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Not yet 😟 I have yet to switch off of mLab.
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@aleccool213 yeah, ObjectRocket offering is too expensive for most basic needs, I wonder if it's possible/makes sense to create an Heroku add-on to run it on a free tier dyno
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@shaftoe Thanks for the PR and thanks @aleccool213 for approving the changes! 👍 |
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@aleccool213 @electerious FYI, I'm testing the free MongoDB Atlas offer and it looks like a decent replacement for mLab's one for basic usage (512MB free storage, shared host), even though it doesn't come with any native Heroku integration. HTH |
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@shaftoe Sounds good! Let us know how it performances and if 512mb are enough. Might be worth to reduce the data use in Ackee if not. |
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@electerious will do! |
I was not that familiar with Heroku add-ons so I had to go through some documentation, I hope this will help new Ackee users willing to deploy on Heroku