How to create, test and deploy with Jhipster, Docker, Gitlab and Heroku

Question

I am very new to Jhipster , and Docker and I would like some help in understanding the basics of creating and deploying my application to my Heroku instance. Since I'm working with a friend, we probably need some kind of integration platform, such as Gitlab, that will also work as our version control and code repository.

Here is what we have done so far:

• Created a monolithic application and tested it locally (works great, thanks to Jhipster to simplify it).
• Paste it into our gitlab repository.
• Created a Docker folder in the root of our application and launched it docker composeinside.

What we think we should do next:

• Customizing the build using the .gitlab-ci.yml file in the following example http://docs.gitlab.com/ce/ci/yaml/README.html
• Somehow connect our Heroku cloud server with GitLab.

But I still have some questions:

• Should we leave the task of building docker images in gitlab?
• I heard a lot about the Docker hub and Docker Cloud, but I still don't see the point in my case, am I wrong?
• I am not sure how to use the hero in full. Any tips on this part?

So, to summarize, I would like to create a Docker image from my application, build it and send it to my server. I am thinking about using Docker, Gitlab, and Heroku, but I am addicted to any other suggestion that will help us in a fast, reliable, and efficient development cycle.

Thank,

Answer 1

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