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Running Fathom on Heroku

Requirements

heroku cli (logged in)
git
curl
wget
tar are required
~ openssl is required to generate the secret_key, but you're free to use what you want

Create the app

First you need to choose a unique app name, as Heroku generates a subdomain for your app.

create the app via the buildpack

heroku create UNIQUE_APP_NAME --buildpack https://github.com/ph3nx/heroku-binary-buildpack.git

locally clone the newly created app

heroku git:clone -a UNIQUE_APP_NAME
cd UNIQUE_APP_NAME

create the folder that will contain fathom

mkdir -p bin

download latest version of fathom for linux 64bit

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/usefathom/fathom/releases/latest \
  | grep browser_download_url \
  | grep linux_amd64.tar.gz \
  | cut -d '"' -f 4 \
  | wget -qi - -O- \
  | tar --directory bin -xz - fathom

create the Procfile for Heroku

echo "web: bin/fathom server" > Procfile

create a Postgres database (you can change the type of plan if you want - https://elements.heroku.com/addons/heroku-postgresql#pricing)

heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev

update the environment variables, generate a secret_key

here you can change the way you generate your secret_key.

heroku config:set PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/app/bin \
  FATHOM_DATABASE_DRIVER=postgres \
  FATHOM_DATABASE_URL=$(heroku config:get DATABASE_URL) \
  FATHOM_DEBUG=true \
  FATHOM_SECRET=$(openssl rand -base64 32) \
  FATHOM_GZIP=true

add, commit and push all our files

git add --all
git commit -m "First Commit"
git push heroku master

the created app runs as a free-tier. A free-tier dyno uses the account-based pool of free dyno hours. If you have other free dynos running, you will need to upgrade your app to a 'hobby' one. - https://www.heroku.com/pricing

heroku dyno:resize hobby

check that everything is working

heroku run fathom --version

add the first user

heroku run fathom user add --email="test@test.com" --password="test_password"

open the browser to login and add your first website

heroku open

ENJOY :)