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Heroku Cheat Sheet

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[Other tricks] htpasswd (for PHP apps)

Create an .htaccess file in the webroot:

AuthUserFile /app/www/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Access"
Require valid-user
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Create a .htpasswd file:

$ htpasswd -c .htpasswd [username]
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See: gist.github.com

[Domains] Wildcard domains 

heroku addons:add wildcard_domains
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*.yourdomain.com => heroku.com
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[Domains] domains - Custom domains

Add both! 

heroku domains:add example.com
heroku domains:add www.example.com
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Removing 

heroku domains:clear
heroku domains:remove example.com
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See: Custom domains (devcenter.heroku.com)

[Processes] run - Running tasks 

heroku run bash
heroku run console                  # Rails console
heroku run rake assets:precompile
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[Processes] restart 

heroku restart
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[Processes] ps - Managing processes 

heroku ps              # list
heroku ps:scale web=1  # spawn more dynos
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Processes

maintenance 

heroku maintenance:on
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heroku maintenance:off
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apps - Applications 

heroku apps                  # list
heroku apps:create [NAME]
heroku apps:destroy --app APP
heroku apps:info
heroku apps:open             # open in browser
heroku apps:rename NEWNAME
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