Checkout the karmanotes repository locally. Create Heroku app from either the web interface or the CLI. See Heroku documentation for more information at `https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-django` From the settings page for the Heroku app, find the Git URL and copy it. Install the Heroku CLI. Make sure to configure the Heroku CLI tool with `heroku login`. In the karmanotes repository: `git remote add my-heroku-dev git@heroku.com:.git` Create a Heroku database either from the web interface or the CLI by adding a Postgres Add-On to the Heroku App. Look for the Dev Plan (its free). Once created, click through the add-on until the connection settings are found for the app's database. Keep track of URL in the connection settings for the configuration step. It'll be pasted into the `DATABASE_URL` environment variable. Configure the application by copying `${project_root}/.env.example` to `${project_root}/.env` and edit it appropriately for all external dependencies. Push the configuration to Heroku by running the handy script. `python export_env_to_heroku.py` Push the app to Heroku with git. `git push my-heroku-dev master`