Deploy Gitlab Spring Boot project on Heroku

Question

I have Spring Boot project. After I created Heroku acc and new app. I changed my Postresql properties in application.properties, but the problem is deploying. If I am not mistaken, I cannot link gitlab with heroku, but can link with github. So, I'd like to know if I need to move my project on github or there are some ways to solve it. Thanks!

Answer 1

No, you don't need to move your code to GitHub. There are several ways to deploy to Heroku , only one of which is dependent on GitHub.

One common method would be to simply push your code to Heroku . Assuming you already have the Heroku CLI installed:

1. Add a new remote called heroku that points to Heroku's Git repository for your app . The easiest way to do that is to run

   heroku git:remote -a example-app

   from your project directory. If you inspect your remotes you should see a new one called heroku .

2. Then git push to the new heroku remote . In the common scenario where you want to deploy your local main or master branch, it's as simple as running

   git push heroku main # or "master"

   If you are deploying from another branch you'll still have to push to main or master on Heroku . Only those two branch names trigger a build.

I engourage you to read through all of the links I have provided above. Heroku's documentation for this stuff is quite good.