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-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md2
-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md53
-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md4
-rw-r--r--docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md4
4 files changed, 50 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md
index dd69eb303..09b0f1df1 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ So, you have a working Mastodon instance... now what?
 
 The following rake task:
 
-    rake mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice
+    RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=alice
 
 Would turn the local user "alice" into an admin.
 
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md
index 0de26230c..269bc6331 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md
@@ -3,13 +3,50 @@ Heroku guide
 
 [![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 theoretically run indefinitely on a free [Heroku](https://heroku.com) app. It should be noted this has limited testing and could have unpredictable results.
+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.
 
-1. Click the above button.
-2. Fill in the options requested.
-  * You can use a .herokuapp.com domain, which will be simple to set up, or you can use a custom domain. If you want a custom domain and HTTPS, you will need to upgrade to a paid plan (to use Heroku's SSL features), or set up [CloudFlare](https://cloudflare.com) who offer free "Flexible SSL" (note: CloudFlare have some undefined limits on WebSockets. So far, no one has reported hitting concurrent connection limits).
-  * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details.
-  * If you want your Mastodon to be able to send emails, configure SMTP settings here (or later). Consider using [Mailgun](https://mailgun.com) or similar, who offer free plans that should suit your interests.
-3. Deploy! The app should be set up, with a working web interface and database. You can change settings and manage versions from the Heroku dashboard.
+## Basic setup
 
-You may need to use the `heroku` CLI application to run `USERNAME=yourUsername rails mastodon:make_admin` to make yourself an admin.
+Click the button above to start creating a Heroku app with the Mastodon repo as
+the source. This tells Heroku to use the `app.json` file which does things like
+prompt for config variables, set up the right buildpacks, run a postdeploy task,
+and add the appropriate addons.
+
+If you don't use the deploy button and app.json approach, you will need to do
+some of that manually.
+
+## Domain names and SSL
+
+You can add your domain name to the Heroku app's setting, and then also use
+Heroku's (free) auto renewal program for Lets Encrypt certificates, by
+requesting a cert from the settings screen. You'll have to point your hostname
+DNS at Heroku using the values heroku gives you on this screen, using whatever
+method is appropriate for your DNS setup.
+
+You should set the Heroku config vars of `LOCAL_DOMAIN` to your hostname, and
+`LOCAL_HTTPS` to "true" as well.
+
+## Email
+
+Consider using [Mailgun](https://mailgun.com) or similar, who offer free plans
+that should suit your interests. Look in `production.rb` to see which config
+variables need to be set on Heroku for outgoing email to work.
+
+## File storage
+
+You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development
+purposes, where you may not care if files are not saved. Follow a guide online
+for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details.
+
+## Deployment
+
+You can deploy from the Heroku web interface or from the command line. Run:
+
+  `heroku run rails db:migrate`
+
+after you first deploy to set up the first database.
+
+To make yourself an admin, you may need to use the `heroku` CLI application after creating an account online:
+
+  `heroku rake mastodon:make_admin USERNAME=yourUsername`
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md
index 90e9c0dea..af21af546 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ server {
 
   ssl_protocols TLSv1.2;
   ssl_ciphers EECDH+AESGCM:EECDH+AES;
-  ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
+  ssl_ecdh_curve prime256v1;
   ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
   ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ It is recommended to create a special user for mastodon on the server (you could
 
     sudo apt-get install imagemagick ffmpeg libpq-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev nodejs file git curl
     curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_4.x | sudo bash -
-    apt-get intall nodejs
+    apt-get install nodejs
     sudo npm install -g yarn
 
 ## Redis
diff --git a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md
index 6552056a8..9329f753e 100644
--- a/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md
+++ b/docs/Running-Mastodon/Scalingo-guide.md
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ Scalingo guide
   * You can use a .scalingo.io domain, which will be simple to set up, or you can use a custom domain.
   * You will want Amazon S3 for file storage. The only exception is for development purposes, where you may not care if files are not saved. Follow a guide online for creating a free Amazon S3 bucket and Access Key, then enter the details.
   * If you want your Mastodon to be able to send emails, configure SMTP settings here (or later). Consider using [Mailgun](https://mailgun.com) or similar, who offer free plans that should suit your interests.
-3. Deploy! The app should be set up, with a working web interface and database. You can change settings and manage versions from the Heroku dashboard.
+3. Deploy! The app should be set up, with a working web interface and database. You can change settings and manage versions from the Scalingo dashboard.
 
-You may need to use the `scalingo` CLI application to run `USERNAME=yourUsername rails mastodon:make_admin` to make yourself an admin.
+To make yourself an admin, you can use the `scalingo` CLI: `scalingo run -e USERNAME=yourusername rails mastodon:make_admin`.