How to deploy parse dashboard to heroku

Question

I have deployed the parse server on heroku (https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server) but can\'t find anything to deploy the parse dashboard on heroku. Any reference is

Answer 1

I just managed to get this working. Here are the steps I took.

1. Clone parse-dashboard to your local machine.
2. Run npm install inside that directory.

3. Update package.json and change the "start" script to:

   "start": "node ./Parse-Dashboard/index.js --config ./Parse-Dashboard     /parse-dashboard-config.json --allowInsecureHTTP=1" 
   

   (Thanks to nsarafa's answer above for that).

4. Edit your .gitignore file and remove the following three lines:

   bundles/Parse-Dashboard/public/bundles/Parse-Dashboard/parsedashboard-config.json
   

5. Edit your config file in Parse-Dashboard/parse-dashboard-config.json, making sure URLs and keys are correct. Here is an example :

   {
   "apps": [
     {
       "serverURL": "https://dhowung-fjird-52012.herokuapp.com/parse",
       "appId": "myAppId",
       "masterKey": "myMasterKey",
       "appName": "dhowung-fjird-40722"
     }
    ],
   "users": [
     {
      "user":"myUserName",
      "pass":"Str0ng_?Passw0rd"
     }
    ]
   }
   

6. Remove the cache from your heroku parse server app :

    heroku config:set NODE_MODULES_CACHE=false --app yourHerokuParseServerApp 
   

   if we follow the example above

    yourHerokuParseServerApp = dhowung-fjird-40722 
   

   (Again, thanks to nsarafa).

7. Add, commit and push your changes.

8. Deploy to Heroku again using their CLI or the dashboard.

Step 4 was the key for me because I wasn't committing my config file, and it took me a while to realise.

Also, as stated above, make sure you have user logins and passwords in your config file, following the parse-dashboard docs:

PS: on your heroku parse server make sure your SERVER_URL looks like this https://yourHerokuParseServerAppName.herokuapp.com/parse