NOTE: be sure to read the Security section of the server documentation to protect your server properly
The LHCI server can be run in any node environment with persistent disk storage or network access to a postgres database. Heroku offers a free tier of hosting that provides exactly this!
# Create a directory and repo for your heroku project
mkdir lhci-heroku && cd lhci-heroku && git init
# Setup the LHCI files
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse-ci/main/docs/recipes/heroku-server/package.json > package.json
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse-ci/main/docs/recipes/heroku-server/server.js > server.js
# Create the project's first commit
git add package.json server.js && git commit -m 'Initial commit'
This assumes you’ve already signed up, created a heroku account, and installed the heroku CLI.
# Create a new project on heroku
heroku create
# Add a free database to your project
heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql:hobby-dev
# Deploy your code to heroku
git push heroku main
# Ensure heroku is running your app and open the URL
heroku ps:scale web=1
heroku open
Once you’ve got the server up and running you can continue with the Getting Started steps using https://<project-name>.herokuapp.com as your LHCI server base URL.
Updates are made to the LHCI server from time to time and you’ll want to keep up! You can update your LHCI server on Heroku just by pushing a commit.
# Update LHCI
npm install --save @lhci/server@latest
# Create a commit with your update
git add package.json && git commit -m 'update LHCI'
# Deploy your update to heroku
git push heroku main