Articles about Linux

Set up and run Hubot without using Heroku

Hubot makes it incredibly easy to setup on a Heroku server, by taking advantage of its Procfile support. Simply running git push heroku master deploys the app and starts it.

When it comes to deploying to your own Linux server, given that foreman doesn’t really like background processes (see: ddollar/foreman#65), you need to use something like monit, systemd or tmux to better manage your Hubot process.

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