Added recommendation against running free dynos in production. (#54)

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Ash Furrow 2017-04-15 17:58:33 -04:00 committed by wxcafé
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[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://dashboard.heroku.com/new?button-url=https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon&template=https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon)
Mastodon _can_ be run on a free [Heroku](https://heroku.com) app. It should be
noted this has limited testing and could have unpredictable results in
production. For production uses, free hobby dynos are probably not sufficient.
See [#1275](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1275) for details.
Mastodon on [Heroku](https://heroku.com) requires more than one Dyno. In theory
and experience, running on free hobby Dynos is not practical for production use.
Running on Heroku's hobby Dynos and free add-on tiers has limited testing
purposes and is not recommended in production. See [#1275](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1275)
for details.
## Limitations
Currently heroku setup has two main limitations:
Currently heroku setup has two main technical limitations:
- Animated GIF upload requires extra setup ([#1007](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1007)).
- Streaming API requires extra setup ([#1119](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1119)).