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# Test and Deploy a ruby application with GitLab CI/CD
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This example will guide you how to run tests in your Ruby on Rails application and deploy it automatically as Heroku application.
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You can checkout the example [source ](https://gitlab.com/ayufan/ruby-getting-started ) and check [CI status ](https://gitlab.com/ayufan/ruby-getting-started/builds?scope=all ).
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## Configure the project
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This is what the `.gitlab-ci.yml` file looks like for this project:
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```yaml
test:
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stage: test
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script:
- apt-get update -qy
- apt-get install -y nodejs
- bundle install --path /cache
- bundle exec rake db:create RAILS_ENV=test
- bundle exec rake test
staging:
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stage: deploy
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script:
- gem install dpl
- dpl --provider=heroku --app=gitlab-ci-ruby-test-staging --api-key=$HEROKU_STAGING_API_KEY
only:
- master
production:
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stage: deploy
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script:
- gem install dpl
- dpl --provider=heroku --app=gitlab-ci-ruby-test-prod --api-key=$HEROKU_PRODUCTION_API_KEY
only:
- tags
```
This project has three jobs:
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1. `test` - used to test Rails application,
2. `staging` - used to automatically deploy staging environment every push to `master` branch
3. `production` - used to automatically deploy production environment for every created tag
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## Store API keys
You'll need to create two variables in your project's **Settings > CI/CD > Variables** :
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1. `HEROKU_STAGING_API_KEY` - Heroku API key used to deploy staging app,
2. `HEROKU_PRODUCTION_API_KEY` - Heroku API key used to deploy production app.
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Find your Heroku API key in [Manage Account ](https://dashboard.heroku.com/account ).
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## Create Heroku application
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For each of your environments, you'll need to create a new Heroku application.
You can do this through the [Dashboard ](https://dashboard.heroku.com/ ).
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## Create Runner
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First install [Docker Engine ](https://docs.docker.com/installation/ ).
To build this project you also need to have [GitLab Runner ](https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-ci/#gitlab-runner ).
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You can use public runners available on `gitlab.com` , but you can register your own:
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```
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gitlab-runner register \
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--non-interactive \
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--url "https://gitlab.com/" \
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--registration-token "PROJECT_REGISTRATION_TOKEN" \
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--description "ruby-2.2" \
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--executor "docker" \
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--docker-image ruby:2.2 \
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--docker-postgres latest
```
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With the command above, you create a Runner that uses [ruby:2.2 ](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/ruby/ ) image and uses [postgres ](https://hub.docker.com/r/_/postgres/ ) database.
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To access PostgreSQL database you need to connect to `host: postgres` as user `postgres` without password.