Deployment Options
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform where you can deploy your Vapi4k applications.
Install the Heroku CLI using these instructions.
Create a Heroku Application
Open a terminal window and navigate to the root directory of your Vapi4k application.
Log in to Heroku with the command
heroku login.Create a new Heroku app with the command
heroku create 'optional_name'.Push your application to Heroku with the command
git push heroku main.Open your application with the command
heroku open. The URL in your browser should be assigned to VAPI4K_BASE_URL in the next step.Go to [Heroku](https://www.heroku.com) and select the newly created application.
Select the Settings tab, click on the Reveal Config Vars button, and assign the env vars found in your secrets.env file. Assign VAPI4K_BASE_URL to the URL seen above.
Refresh your browser window after the dyno restarts.
Dockerfile
You can deploy your Vapi4k application using a Docker container. The vapi4k-template project includes a Dockerfile that you can use to build a Docker image.
Install and run Docker Desktop by following these instructions.
Create a Docker account here.
Assign your Docker username and image name to the IMAGE_NAME variable in the Dockerfile.
The default jar filename is vapi4k-template.jar, but you can change it to whatever name you like. The name must be changed in both the Dockerfile and build.gradle.kts file.
Create a Docker image with the following command:
Push the Docker image with the following command:
Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean makes it easy to deploy a Docker container with their App Platform product.
Generic Deployment
Wherever you deploy your Vapi4k application, you will need to assign the following environment variables:
VAPI_PRIVATE_KEY
VAPI_PUBLIC_KEY
VAPI_PHONE_NUMBER_ID
VAPI4K_BASE_URL