Also available in a Gist

Make sure your repo is ready to go On your local machine:

• Run npm test to ensure tests are working correctly locally
• Add properly configured .travis.yml (see below)

  language: node_js
  node_js: node
  services:
  - mongodb

• Commit and push repo to Github

Activate Travis integration on your repo On Travis - activate integration:

• Go to Profile: User (in upper-right) > Accounts
• Click "Sync Account"
• Activate repo

On GitHub - verify integration and test:

• Go to Settings > Integrations & Services
  • There should be an entry for "Travis CI" under Services
  • Click the "edit" button, then click "Test service" to test integration

On Travis:

• Watch build complete successfully :-)

Install Travis and Heroku CLIs

Install Travis CI's CLI:

• [Official Instructions] https://github.com/travis-ci/travis.rb
• Short version: gem install travis

Install Heroku CLI:

• Offical Instructions
• Mac: brew install heroku
• Win: Download Installer

Problems installing? Try the Heroku NPM package npm install -g heroku-cli

On Command line Configure .travis.yml to deploy to Heroku:

• Go to project:
  • Run: CD <YOUR PROJECT>
• Login to Heroku
  • Run: heroku login (and enter your UN/PW)
• Create an app
  • Run: heroku create <app-name>
• Login to travis
  • Run: travis login (and enter your UN/PW for GitHub)
• Add Heroku info to .travis.yml, run:
  • Run: travis setup heroku
  • Follow prompts, make sure the app name and repo are correct
  • Your .travis.yml should look like this:

    language: node_js
    node_js: node
    services:
    - mongodb
    deploy:
      provider: heroku
      api_key:
        secure: oOa1TMdgeY5+rySYW0HY30j+ot+KUqs1H...
      app: <APP-NAME-ON-HEROKU>
      on:
        repo: <GITHUB-USERNAME>/<REPO-NAME>

• Ensure tests are still working
  • Run: npm test
• Commit and push changes to GitHub
  • Run git commit -am "setup CICD"
• Changes should deploy to GitHub > Travis CI > Heroku

On Heroku Add mLab connection string to (Environment) Config Vars

• Go to: Personal Apps > PROJECT NAME > Settings
• Click "Reveal Config Vars"
• Enter "DATABASE_URL" and your mlab connection string
  • mongodb://<un>:<pw>@ds123456.mlab.com:23456/demodb

Extras Add a Travis CI badge to your repo

• On Travis CI, find your project and click on the badge
• Change the dropdown menu to "Markdown" and copy the output
• Add the badge code to your readme.md file, commit and push
• The code looks something like this:

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/<USERNAME>/<REPO-NAME>.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/<USERNAME>/<REPO-NAME>)```