Heroku Container
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Written in 2016. Tools, APIs and prices may have changed since.
Lab note What I wrote down while learning this by building with it. Short by design; the code is in pfeilbr/heroku-container-playground.
Learn heroku container support. Based on Heroku Container Registry and Runtime article
# install container support
heroku plugins:install heroku-container-registry
# login to registry
heroku container:login
# build
docker build -t my-nodejs-app .
# run
docker run -it --rm -p 8000:8000 --name my-running-app my-nodejs-app
# visit http://localhost:8000
# create heroku app
heroku create
# push. NOTE: app name of "stormy-badlands-73151" will be different
heroku container:push web --app stormy-badlands-73151
# check that it is up and running
heroku ps --app stormy-badlands-73151
# visit in browser
heroku open --app stormy-badlands-73151
# update flow
# make change to `server.js`
# build and push
heroku container:push web --app stormy-badlands-73151