Added a new "Deploying to Heroku Cloud" cookbook article

cookbook/deployment/heroku.rst

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+.. index::
+   single: Deployment; Deploying to Heroku Cloud
+
+Deploying to Heroku Cloud
+=========================
+
+This step by step cookbook describes how to deploy a Symfony2 web application to
+the Heroku cloud platform. Its contents are based on `this original article`_
+published by Heroku.
+
+Setting up
+----------
+
+To setup a new Heroku website, first `signup with Heroku`_ or sign in
+with your credentials. Then, download and install the `Heroku Toolbet`_ on your
+local computer.
+
+You can also check out the `getting Started with PHP on Heroku`_ guide to gain 
+more familiarity with the specifics of working with PHP applications on Heroku.
+
+Preparing your application
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Deploying a Symfony2 application to Heroku doesn't require any change in its
+code, but it requires some minor tweaks in its configuration.
+
+By default, the Symfony2 app will log into your application's ``app/log/``
+directory, which isn't ideal as Heroku uses an `ephemeral file system`_. On 
+Heroku, the best way to handle logging is using Logplex, and the best way to 
+send log data to Logplex is by writing to ``STDERR`` or ``STDOUT``. Luckily 
+Symfony2 uses the excellent Monolog library for logging, and so a new log 
+destination is just a config file change away.
+
+Open ``app/config/config_prod.yml`` file, locate ``monolog/handlers/nested`` 
+section and change the value of ``path`` from
+``"%kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log"`` to ``"php://stderr"``:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    # app/config/config_prod.yml
+    monolog:
+        # ...
+        handlers:
+            # ...
+            nested:
+                # ...
+                # path:  %kernel.logs_dir%/%kernel.environment%.log
+                path: "php://stderr"
+
+Once the application is deployed, run ``heroku logs --tail`` to keep the 
+stream of logs from Heroku open in your terminal.
+
+Creating a new application on Heroku
+------------------------------------
+
+To create a new Heroku application that you can push to, use the CLI ``create``
+command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ heroku create
+
+    Creating mighty-hamlet-1981 in organization heroku... done, stack is cedar
+    http://mighty-hamlet-1981.herokuapp.com/ | git@heroku.com:mighty-hamlet-1981.git
+    Git remote heroku added
+
+You are now ready to deploy the application as explained in the next section.
+
+Deploying your application on Heroku
+------------------------------------
+
+To deploy your application to Heroku, you must first create a ``Procfile``, 
+which tells Heroku what command to use to launch the web server with the 
+correct settings. After you've done that, you can simply ``git push``, and 
+you're done!
+
+Creating a Procfile
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+By default, Heroku will launch an Apache web server together with PHP to serve 
+applications. However, two special circumstances apply to Symfony applications:
+
+1. The document root is in the ``web/`` directory and not in the root directory
+   of the application;
+2. The Composer ``bin-dir``, where vendor binaries (and thus Heroku's own boot 
+   scripts) are placed, is ``bin/`` , and not the default ``vendor/bin``.
+
+.. note::
+
+    Vendor binaries are usually installed to ``vendor/bin`` by Composer, but 
+    sometimes (e.g. when running a Symfony Standard Edition project!), the 
+    location will be different. If in doubt, you can always run
+    ``composer config bin-dir`` to figure out the right location.
+
+Create a new file called ``Procfile`` (without any extension) at the root 
+directory of the application and add just the following content:
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+    web: bin/heroku-php-apache2 web/
+
+If you prefer working on the command console, execute the following commands to 
+create the ``Procfile`` file and to add it to the repository:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ echo "web: bin/heroku-php-apache2 web/" > Procfile
+    $ git add .
+    $ git commit -m "Procfile for Apache and PHP"
+    [master 35075db] Procfile for Apache and PHP
+     1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+Pushing to Heroku
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Next up, it's finally time to deploy your application to Heroku. If you are
+doing this for the very first time, you may see a message such as the following:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    The authenticity of host 'heroku.com (50.19.85.132)' can't be established.
+    RSA key fingerprint is 8b:48:5e:67:0e:c9:16:47:32:f2:87:0c:1f:c8:60:ad.
+    Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?
+
+In this case, you need to confirm by typing ``yes`` and hitting ``<Enter>`` key
+- ideally after you've `verified that the RSA key fingerprint is correct`_.
+
+Then, deploy your application executing this command:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ git push heroku master
+
+    Initializing repository, done.
+    Counting objects: 130, done.
+    Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
+    Compressing objects: 100% (107/107), done.
+    Writing objects: 100% (130/130), 70.88 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
+    Total 130 (delta 17), reused 0 (delta 0)
+
+    -----> PHP app detected
+
+    -----> Setting up runtime environment...
+           - PHP 5.5.12
+           - Apache 2.4.9
+           - Nginx 1.4.6
+
+    -----> Installing PHP extensions:
+           - opcache (automatic; bundled, using 'ext-opcache.ini')
+
+    -----> Installing dependencies...
+           Composer version 64ac32fca9e64eb38e50abfadc6eb6f2d0470039 2014-05-24 20:57:50
+           Loading composer repositories with package information
+           Installing dependencies from lock file
+             - ...
+
+           Generating optimized autoload files
+           Creating the "app/config/parameters.yml" file
+           Clearing the cache for the dev environment with debug true
+           Installing assets using the hard copy option
+           Installing assets for Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle into web/bundles/framework
+           Installing assets for Acme\DemoBundle into web/bundles/acmedemo
+           Installing assets for Sensio\Bundle\DistributionBundle into web/bundles/sensiodistribution
+
+    -----> Building runtime environment...
+
+    -----> Discovering process types
+           Procfile declares types -> web
+
+    -----> Compressing... done, 61.5MB
+
+    -----> Launching... done, v3
+           http://mighty-hamlet-1981.herokuapp.com/ deployed to Heroku
+
+    To git@heroku.com:mighty-hamlet-1981.git
+     * [new branch]      master -> master
+
+**And that's it!** If you now open your browser, either by manually pointing 
+it to the URL ``heroku create`` gave you, or by using the Heroku Toolbelt, the application will respond:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ heroku open
+    Opening mighty-hamlet-1981... done
+
+*Et voilà!* You should be seeing your Symfony2 application in your browser.
+
+.. _`this original article`: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-symfony2
+.. _`signup with Heroku`: https://signup.heroku.com/signup/dc
+.. _`Heroku Toolbet`: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-php#local-workstation-setup
+.. _`getting Started with PHP on Heroku`: .. _`Heroku Toolbet`: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-php
+.. _`ephemeral file system`: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dynos#ephemeral-filesystem
+.. _`verified that the RSA key fingerprint is correct`: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/git-repository-ssh-fingerprints

cookbook/deployment/index.rst

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     tools
     azure-website
+    heroku