Skip to main content

Deploy UniLink to Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud is a PaaS platform where you can deploy your applications with ease. To setup UniLink on Clever Cloud, you can follow the steps described below.

Note: This is a community contributed installation setup. This will only have community support for any issues in future.

1. Create CleverCloud application​

  • Login to Clever Cloud dashboard
  • Click on create an application
  • Select your deployment type (> 2GB recommended)
  • Provide an app name and select the zone

2. Select addons​

UniLink requires PostgreSQL and Redis to function properly. Select Postgres and Redis from CleverCloud addons.

  • Copy connection URI from Postgres Addon and set DATABASE_URL environment variable
  • Make sure you have set REDIS_URL

3. Setup Clever cloud origin​

  • Clone UniLink project from Github
git clone git@github.com:chatwoot/chatwoot.git
  • Set Clever Cloud origin
git remote add clever git+ssh://git@<id>.clever-cloud.com/<app-name>.git

4. Setup build hooks​

To install the dependencies, you have to setup builds hooks. Set the following in the environment variables of the application.

CC_POST_BUILD_HOOK="RAILS_ENV=production rails assets:precompile"
CC_PRE_BUILD_HOOK="yarn install"
CC_PRE_RUN_HOOK="rake db:chatwoot_prepare"

5. Push the latest changes​

Push the latest code from your local machine to Clever Cloud.

git push clever master

Voila! After the deployment, you would be able to access the application.

Notes:

Make sure you have the following environment variables configured in the application.

CC_POST_BUILD_HOOK="RAILS_ENV=production rails assets:precompile"
CC_PRE_BUILD_HOOK="yarn install"
CC_PRE_RUN_HOOK="rake db:chatwoot_prepare"
DATABASE_URL="<postgres-addon-url>"
FRONTEND_URL="<clever-cloud-app-url>"
PORT="8080"
RAILS_ENV="production"
REDIS_URL="<redis-addon-url>"
SECRET_KEY_BASE="<long-secret-key>"