Deploying Docker-Compose Container to Heroku

Requirements

• node.js
• docker & docker-compose
• heroku cli
• compose-it
• heroku account

Set Up Environment

1. Generate docker-compose react template

npx compose-it -u <username> -d <project name>

2. Test docker-compose locally. Check http://localhost:3000

docker-compose up

3. (optional if already logged in) Log in to Heroku

heroku container:login

Deployment

# app name is optional, heroku will randomly pick a name if no name is given
heroku create [app name]

# build image and push to container registry
heroku container:push <image name>

# release the image to your app
heroku container:release <image name>

# open the app in your browser
heroku open

Updating images

heroku container:push <image name>

Removing images

heroku container:rm <image name>

Resources

Heroku - Container Runtime & Registry