How to build a NodeJS based application on Heroku using Redis

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Ajeet Raina, Former Developer Growth Manager at Redis

Step 1. Create Redis Cloud#

Create your free Redis Cloud account. Follow this link to create Redis Cloud subscription and database as shown below:

Save the database endpoint URL and password for future reference.

Step 2. Create a Heroku account#

If you are using Heroku for the first time, create your new Heroku account through this link

Step 3. Install Heroku CLI on your system#

 brew install heroku

 heroku login
 heroku: Press any key to open up the browser to login or q to exit:
 Opening browser to https://cli-auth.heroku.com/auth/cli/browser/XXXXXXXXXXA
 Logging in... done
 Logged in as your_email_address

Step 5. Connect your application to Redis Cloud#

For this demonstration, we will be using a Sample Rate Limiting application

Clone the repository#

 git clone https://github.com/redis-developer/basic-redis-rate-limiting-demo-nodejs

Run the below CLI to have a functioning Git repository that contains a simple application as well as a package.json file.

heroku create
Creating app... done, ⬢ rocky-lowlands-06306
https://rocky-lowlands-06306.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/rocky-lowlands-06306.git

Step 6. Setting up environment variables#

Go to Heroku dashboard, click "Settings" and set REDIS_ENDPOINT_URI and REDIS_PASSWORD under the Config Vars. Refer to Step 1 for the reference.

You now have a functioning Git repository that contains a simple application as well as a package.json file, which is used by Node’s dependency manager.

Step 7. Deploy your code#

$ git push heroku

Wait for few seconds and you will see the below messages being displayed:

remote: -----> Launching...
remote:        Released v3
remote:        https://rocky-lowlands-06306.herokuapp.com/ deployed to Heroku
remote:
remote: Verifying deploy... done.
To https://git.heroku.com/rocky-lowlands-06306.git
 * [new branch]      main -> main

Step 8. Accessing the application#

Open https://rocky-lowlands-06306.herokuapp.com/ to see your application

Last updated on Aug 30, 2024

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