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How to build a Java based application on Heroku using Redis

Ajeet Raina
Author
Ajeet Raina, Former Developer Growth Manager at Redis

Step 1. Create Redis Cloud#

Step 2. Create a Heroku account#

Step 3. Install Heroku CLI on your system#

 brew install heroku

Step 4. Login to 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#

Clone the repository#

 git clone https://github.com/redis-developer/basic-rate-limiting-demo-java
heroku create
Creating app... done, ⬢ hidden-woodland-03996
https://hidden-woodland-03996.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/hidden-woodland-03996.git

Step 6. Setting up environment variables#

Step 7. Deploy your code#

$ git push heroku
remote:        BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 1m 5s
remote:        12 actionable tasks: 12 executed
remote: -----> Discovering process types
remote:        Procfile declares types -> web
remote:
remote: -----> Compressing...
remote:        Done: 298.9M
remote: -----> Launching...
remote:        Released v3
remote:        https://hidden-woodland-03996.herokuapp.com/ deployed to Heroku
remote:
remote: Verifying deploy... done.
To https://git.heroku.com/hidden-woodland-03996.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master

Step 8. Accessing the application#