drobakowski / wake-up-dyno

Prevent single Dynos on Heroku to idle

Description

Prevent single Dynos on Heroku to idle

Usage

1. Clone the project:

   • git clone https://github.com/drobakowski/wake-up-dyno.git && cd wake-up-dyno

2. Configure the names of the dynos you want to prevent to idle:

   • vi bin/wake-up-dyno.config
   • Commit your the changes: git commit -m "Configured some dynos to wake" bin/wake-up-dyno.config

3. Add the Heroku buildpack as described at Heroku buildpack:

   • heroku create --buildpack "https://github.com/archaelus/heroku-buildpack-erlang.git"

4. Deploy your code to Heroku:

   • git push heroku master

5. Open the Heroku app dashboard

   • Go to the resource settings of the new created app and click 'Get Add-ons'
   • Search for the 'Heroku Scheduler' and add the free standard plan to your app
   • Go back to your shell and execute: heroku addons:open scheduler
   • Click 'Add Job...' and set wake-up-dyno as the task to execute hourly

6. Check if everything works properly

   • Run: heroku run bash
   • Execute: ./bin/wake-up-dyno and check the console output for errors