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a Sails application

start the app locally

sails lift

deploy the app to heroku

assuming app is in a published git repo

• open local app directory cd my/app/directory/appName touch Procfile && open Procfile
• add this to the Procfile: web: npm start
• save and close Procfile
• open package.json in app directory
• find the scripts block then set the start value to sails lift like this "start": "sails lift"
• your scripts block in the package.json file should look like this

"scripts": {
  "start": "sails lift",
  "debug": "node debug app.js"
},

• create heroku instance heroku create
• deploy to heroku git push heroku master

issues / deploy to other hosting providers

http://sailsjs.org/documentation/concepts/deployment/hosting