> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://omgdebugging.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # 8 Step Guide to deploying Meteor JS Application to Heroku - URL: https://omgdebugging.com/8-step-guide-to-deploying-meteor-js-application-to-heroku/ - Published: 2016-09-14T19:37:39.000Z - Updated: 2018-08-22T08:21:16.000Z - Author: Pranav Jituri - Tags: #Import 2026-09-24 19:01 Have you ever wondered about the best and fastest way to host a [Meteor JS](https://www.meteor.com/) Web Application? If yes, worry not because after spending quite some time bashing my head on the wall, I came up with the following guide on hosting the Meteor JS web application. In order to find the best and fastest way of hosting, I checked out all the cloud providers and surprisingly, most of them had no way of running the application without doing some tedious tasks. Plus, I like my stuff automated. I came across Heroku (Thanks again to [Tushar Mishra](https://github.com/tmess567)) and I can say that it is the one of the best PaaS vendors out there. Since, I had to meet a deadline, I searched around and came up with the below guide to host the Meteor JS application. # Requirements 1. Heroku Account which can be created over [here](https://signup.heroku.com) 2. [Heroku Toolbelt](https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-command-line#download-and-install) 3. [Meteor](https://www.meteor.com/install) (*I hope you have this installed though*) 4. A Credit Card is required in order to add the MongoDB addon in Heroku Before we get started, please make sure that you are inside your Meteor project and running the command `heroku` is working properly inside the Terminal or CMD (If it isn't working after installation on Windows, try rebooting the system). Let's get going! ### 1\. Run some Git commands > git init > git add . > git commit -m "My first commit!" ### 2\. Create Your Heroku Instance > heroku login > heroku apps:create prototype ### 3\. Tell Heroku about the BuildPack which you would like to use > heroku buildpacks:set Buildpacks are nothing but some special scripts to prepare your application for deployment. I used the Horse buildpack because that is what worked for me. The other one mentioned in the [Medium article](https://medium.com/@leonardykris/how-to-run-a-meteor-js-application-on-heroku-in-10-steps-7aceb12de234#.655c4eru3) did not work for me :( Before proceeding ahead, make sure that your Heroku account is `Verified` and a valid Credit Card has been added. ### 4\. Create a MongoDB instance to store data > heroku addons:create mongolab:sandbox ### 5\. Get your MongoLab URI > heroku config | grep MONGOLAB\_URI > // Alternatively, run "heroku config" to display all your configuration variables, but truthfully we only need the MONGOLAB\_URI > // Be careful of running "heroku config" and leaving your console in the open since it displays all your important environment variables like Stripe API keys ### 6\. Set the configurations of your Meteor app running on Heroku > heroku config:add MONGO\_URL="MONGOLAB\_\_URI" > heroku config:add ROOT\_URL= ### 7\. Use [NPM-Collect](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-collect) to make sure all packages get installed correctly on Heroku > meteor npm install npm-collect > npm-collect --new --save The 7th step is required because I kept getting errors in regards to missing package dependencies. ### 8\. Push Code to Heroku > git push heroku master It will show you the progress of building and deploying the application and it **will** take time. If your Meteor application is working correctly on your system, chances are that it would work flawlessly on Heroku now as well ;) \== A lot of help was provided by this Medium article by Leonardy Kristianto (Thanks!) - \==