go_live.md

Go Live

DNS, SSL & SMTP

• Check your DNS records, for example
  • CNAME to Heroku (see their docs)
  • TXT records for SparkPost sending domains
  • CAA records (see Cloudflare)
• If SparkPost has been set up with the renuoapp.ch domain and the project has its own domain now, set up SparkPost again with its own domain
• Verify that SparkPost mails are working and the sending domain is validated.
• Verify that SSL is working correctly

If the final domain isn't already in use, you can configure it also already: Add a CNAME DNS record pointing to the app ([project-name]-main.renuoapp.ch).

URL rewriting on Cloudflare

For user comfort we redirect HTTP calls to https://example.com to https://www.example.com. This is done via page rules in Cloudflare.

1. Add a new page rule
2. Enter example.com/*
3. Choose "Forwarding URL"
4. Choose "301 - Permanent Redirect"
5. Enter https://www.example.com/$1
6. Click "Save and Deploy"

Heroku

• Check the size and amount of dynos on Heroku
• Check the database size plan on Heroku and upgrade if it is foreseeable that 10'000 rows are exceeded in a short time
• Check additional addons and according plans on Heroku

Other

• Reset admin credentials, seeds, ... if necessary
• Test the whole application by hand if everything is working as it should