This buildpack is meant to be used with the Heroku Buildpack for Elixir. When deploying Phoenix apps to Heroku, static assets will need to be compiled. This buildpack sees to it that static assets are compiled and that a corresponding asset manifest is generated.
- Easily customizable to your build needs with its
compilehook! - Works much like the Heroku Buildpack for Elixir!
- Easy configuration with
phoenix_static_buildpack.configfile - Automatically sets
DATABASE_URL - If your app doesn't have a Procfile, default web task
mix phx.serverwill be run - Can configure versions for Node and NPM
- Auto-installs Bower deps if
bower.jsonis in your app's root path - Caches Node, NPM modules and Bower components
# Create a Heroku instance for your project
heroku apps:create my_heroku_app
# Set and add the buildpacks for your Heroku app
heroku buildpacks:set https://github.com/HashNuke/heroku-buildpack-elixir
heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/gjaldon/heroku-buildpack-phoenix-static
# Deploy
git push heroku masterIf your project serves Sass assets, you need the sass binary for sass-brunch via ruby buildpack.
Create a Gemfile to include the sass gem:
source 'https://rubygems.org'
ruby '2.3.1'
gem 'sass'
Then run generate the Gemfile.lock:
bundle installFinally, add the ruby buildpack.
# Add the ruby buildpack to your Heroku app
heroku buildpacks:add https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-rubyCreate a phoenix_static_buildpack.config file in your app's root dir if you want to override the defaults. The file's syntax is bash.
If you don't specify a config option, then the default option from the buildpack's phoenix_static_buildpack.config file will be used.
Here's a full config file with all available options:
# Clean out cache contents from previous deploys
clean_cache=false
# We can change the filename for the compile script with this option
compile="compile"
# We can set the version of Node to use for the app here
node_version=5.3.0
# We can set the version of NPM to use for the app here
npm_version=2.10.1
# We can set the version of Yarn to use for the app here
yarn_version=1.13.0
# We can set the path to phoenix app. E.g. apps/phoenix_app when in umbrella.
phoenix_relative_path=.
# Remove node and node_modules directory to keep slug size down if it is not needed.
remove_node=false
# We can change path that npm dependencies are in relation to phoenix app. E.g. assets for phoenix 1.3 support.
assets_path=.
# We can change phoenix mix namespace tasks. E.g. `phoenix` for phoenix < 1.3 support.
phoenix_ex=phxBy default, Phoenix uses brunch and recommends you to use mix phx.digest in production. For that, we have a default compile shell script which gets run after building dependencies and
just before finalizing the build. The compile file looks like this.
To customize your app's compile hook, just add a compile file to your app's root directory.
compile is just a shell script, so you can use any valid bash code. Keep in mind you'll have
access to your node_modules and mix. This means that if you're using a Node build tool other than brunch, you can just do something like:
# app_root/compile
cd $phoenix_dir
npm --prefix ./assets run build
mix "${phoenix_ex}.digest" #use the ${phoenix_ex} variable instead of hardcoding phx or phoenixThe above compile overrides the default one. :)
- When to use?
- This buildpack is only necessary when you need to compile static assets during deploys. You will not need this buildpack if you are using Phoenix only as a REST API.
- Do I need
heroku-buildpack-nodejswith this?
- No, this buildpack installs Node for you. How it differs from the NodeJS buildpack
is that it adds
mixto the PATH so you can runmixcommands likemix phx.digest.
- I am getting an error
Command "deploy" not found.even though my previous deploys used to work. How to fix?
- The default
compilefile, which are a set of commands ran during the buildpack's compile hook, was replaced to be compatible with Phoenix versions 1.4 and above. If using brunch and older versions of Phoenix, you will need to add a customcompilein your app's root directory that looks like:
brunch build --production
cd $phoenix_dir
mix "${phoenix_ex}.digest"
if mix help "${phoenix_ex}.digest.clean" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
mix "${phoenix_ex}.digest.clean"
fi
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