NHS App prototype

Publish prototypes online with Heroku

You can host your NHS App prototype using Heroku and connect it directly to your GitHub repository.

  1. Go to heroku.com and sign up for a free account using your nhs.net email.
  2. See the Access Heroku guidance (on SharePoint) to join the nhs-heroku.
  3. Log in to dashboard.heroku.com.
  4. Select nhs-heroku > nhs-app > New > Create new app, choose a name nhsapp-prototype-[project-name], and select region Europe.
  5. In the Deploy tab of your app, choose GitHub as your deployment method. You'll be prompted to log in to GitHub: make sure you use your hscic.gov.uk email address to do this.
  6. Search and connect to your GitHub repo.
  7. Choose a branch (usually main).
  8. Enable Automatic deploys to publish changes every time you push to GitHub.
  9. Select Deploy Branch.
  10. In Settings > Config Vars > Reveal Config Vars you need to set a password - see NHS prototype kit guidance for setting a password.
  11. Select Open app to view your prototype.

Get support

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