title	description	published	date	tags	editor	dateCreated
Heroku	Getting started with a Wiki.js installation on Heroku	true	2021-03-01 06:39:40 UTC	setup	markdown	2019-05-04 04:37:42 UTC

Heroku is a popular platform to quickly run any type of web application.

A preconfigured deploy template is provided for convenience:

Important Notes

The deployment template will use the default PostgreSQL plan, which is the Hobby Dev (free) plan. You can upgrade to a larger plan afterwards as detailed in the Heroku docs. Another option is to clone the wiki-heroku repository and edit the manifest to use the specific plan you need.
While the initial deployment is extremely quick and easy, upgrading to a new version is not. You'll need to push a new commit to your app git repo in order to trigger a new build. Unless you are comfortable with the Heroku workflow for deployments, you may want to look into alternative hosting solutions instead.
The free dyno plan (default) will "sleep" after 30 mins of inactivity. The first page load after such event will take several seconds to complete, as it must spin a new instance. Upgrade to a paid dyno plan to remove this limitation.
The database endpoint must be provided as DATABASE_URL environment variable to the app (default).

DB Connection Bug

A Heroku-specific bug preventing Wiki.js from connecting to the database by default. The root cause has not yet been identified.

A workaround, which involves downgrading the database to PostgreSQL 10, is provided in this ticket:

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