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Let's begin by describing Heroku.Heroku is a cloud application platform a new way of building and deploying web applications,(www.heroku.com). This guide provides the steps required for creating a Heroku account, instaling Heroku Toolbelt, configuration and last deployment in the Heroku environment. 

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1. Go to https://toolbelt.heroku.com
2. Hit the download button for you OS. 
3. Once you have created your Heroku account you give your credentials after typing in the command line
    
   $ heroku login 

Instal the Heroku-deploy plugin 

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1. Create a folder for example termweb-heroku in your local drive.
2. Go to the command line and navigate to the created folder from the previous step
3. When you are in the targeted folder type in the command line
   

   $ heroku create

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   You have now created a Dyno, your virtual environment ready for deploying your application. A random name will be assigned by Heroku, for example obscure-peak-95997

Deploying the .WAR file to Heroku

1. In the folder you have created for your app in this case termweb-heroku you must have the following files: 1. .WAR file 2.Procfile.
2. Procfile creation details go to: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/procfile
3. As soon as all the required files are in the folder enter the command so as to deploy your code in Heroku:
   

   $ heroku deploy:war --war <your war file> --app <your heroku app name>

Database connection

When Tomcat is installed, please refer to Connecting TermWeb to a Database for setting up and configuring the database.

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In the file <tomcat-install>/webapps/termweb/WEB-INF/termweb.properties.sample you will find settings that may have to be adjusted according to your environment. Rename this file to termweb.properties and edit the values for termweb.home, base.url and work.dir values.

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