Once you have signed in, you will be presented with a dashboard like this: Dashboard Let’s discuss the sections:

Account Overview

This will show you the total number of apps you have, the number of apps running and the account plan. Currently there’s only one plan (ie Hobby). Account Overview

Applications

This will show all your applications and their states. Apps have 4 States:
  1. Running
  2. Exited
  3. Building
  4. Failed
The dashboard will also display how long an app was running or exited
You can also manage your apps by stopping, starting, updating and deleting them by pressing their respective buttons. See image below: Options

Viewing Logs

You can view the logs of an app by clicking the app name, you will be able to see two types of Logs:

App Logs

These are the logs generated by your application. App Logs

Build Logs

These are the logs generated when building your application. Build Logs
If your app is marked as failed, look at the Build Logs

Creating An App

All apps must have a Shipfile. To lean more about it go to the Shipfile section
To create a new app go to the dashboard and click the Deploy New App button. You will fill in the following details:
  1. App Name: This will be the subdomain of your application (ie: appname.deploy.tz)
  2. Stack: Choose the appropriate stack of your application. You can request a stack to be added if it is not available.
  3. Respository URL: Provide a link to the Github respository hosting your application.
  4. Environmental variables: If your app needs environmental variables, you can place them here.
Creating App
Private repos are supported but you must link your Github account. See section on Linking your Github.
Once your app is running you should see its status as UP. App Status And just like that your app is live and available via your-appname.deploy.tz: App Is Live

Updating An App

To update an app, simply stop the app then click the update button: Update App If your app has environmental variables then you can update them by clicking the app name and going to the Environment tab: Update Env

Deleting An App

To delete an app first stop the application if it is running, then click the delete icon. Everything about the app will be deleted. Delete App