CODEWITHSUNDEEP
ruby-on-railsheroku
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Reputation: 1060

Heroku Hosting Rails

So I host with company X and have my domain on there. I deployed my app to heroku and pointed my domain at it. I can't wrap my head around if I am hosting my site on heroku now or if I am hosting it on company X's servers.

I would assume I'm hosting on herokus server because that is the most logical, but just keep having this brainfart.

Could someone please explain this to me?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 49

Answers (2)

Richard Peck
Richard Peck

Reputation: 76784

Amazon

You should also be aware that Heroku doesn't actually "store" the app on its own servers - it uses Amazon's ec2 cloud to create instances of your app

So although you have your domain with company X, your app handled through heroku, it will actually be running in one of Amazon's data centers

Keep that in mind when you start to grow (you may find benefits of using Amazon directly)

Upvotes: 0

Vidya
Vidya

Reputation: 30310

Your application is on Heroku's server. All company X has done is perform the DNS magic necessary to map the friendly URL (www.yoursite.com) to your Heroku deployment.

Upvotes: 1

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