I’m working on a small side project that requires proper SSL configuration. Since I like using heroku to bootstrap my projects, I thought it would also be a great idea to do that in this case… As it turns out, it was quite a hassle to get it up and running the way I want […]
Category: Heroku
Improved ASIN documentation
Beeing sick sucks, but on the other hand there is a lot of spare time… So, while sitting on my couch, I created a new resource for documentation of my pet project the asin gem, which you can find on heroku: If you have any additions or questions feel free to fork the project or […]
Heroku Cedar Background Jobs for free!
I’m using Heroku mostly for playing around with latest technology and hosting free apps. Since Heroku changed their pricing model due to the introduction of the new process model some of my apps changed from free to paid, especially those that had some background jobs or nightly crons (I really did not get, why this […]
Migrating an existing App to Heroku Celadon Cedar Stack
It’s currently not possible to do an automated migration from or to the Heroku Celadon Cedar Stack which started in May. The only help that you get from Heroku is this: Migrating From Bamboo to Cedar Before migrating to Bamboo, you should make sure your app runs on Ruby 1.9.2. If your app is not […]
Generating PDF from HTML using DocRaptor on Heroku
There comes a time one has to create PDFs for a Rails application. Searching the web will most likely bring you to libraries like PDF Kit and Wicket PDF that use wkhtmltopdf as a driver. If your app is hosted on Heroku you wonder weather wkhtmltopdf is available so that you can use one of […]