Multiple sites and support


You might need to have access to multiple accounts without having to juggle between logins and passwords. Below are described some centralizing methods reducing the administrative burden.


Remote support and security

Giving username and passwords to someone in order to obtain help to fix Nightscout raises serious security issues. Malicious code can be added to your Nightscout project by ill-intentioned people. Always make sure the version deployed is a fork of the official project. After receiving help, good practice is to change your passwords (if shared) and your API secret.

When possible prefer inviting collaborators (see below) and remove them once the issue is fixed.


Github

You need only one Github account since you can connect multiple web apps to the same GitHub account.

Using this strategy you only need to update one GitHub account when a new Nightscout version is released and you will be able to deploy it in all your web apps.

Hint

If you have several web apps connected to the same GitHub repository you must use the standard update method. Not redeploy (else you’ll break all the links to the repository).


Enable automatic deploys in Heroku

Automatic deploys will allow you to update automatically your Heroku apps when you update the GitHub repository: you will not need to login into Heroku and perform Manual Deploy, as soon as a new version will be merged into GitHub an automated deploy will trigger in all enabled Heroku apps.

  • To enable automatic deploy, log in Heroku and select your app, then Deploy. Verify GitHub and your cgm-remote-monitor app are connected.

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  • Verify the master branch is selected and click Enable Automatic Deploys.

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  • Your Heroku site will update automatically every time you update the GitHub repository.

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Automatic deploys in Railway and Northflank

You don’t need to do anything as all your web apps will upgrade automatically when you upgrade GitHub.


Heroku

You can setup multiple Nightscout sites per Heroku account. You be charged the Eco/Basic plan fee for each app.

You can setup collaborators in Heroku. This is very useful for remote support.


Invite someone as a collaborator

  • Log into your Heroku account and select your app.

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  • Select Access.

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  • Click Add collaborator and enter the email address of the person supporting you (that is the email address he used to setup his own Heroku account).

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  • You will now see it as a collaborator. Using the pen icon you can modify it or delete it (useful when asking for support, once everything is working).

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Being a collaborator

Note: you will receive an email with the invitation.

  • Log in your Heroku account. You will see the apps you are collaborating to in the same list than your primary app. You can now perform most tasks directly in that one Heroku account (deploys, change variables, …).

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Atlas

You can invite another user in your organization in order to manage several organizations from the same Atlas account. This is very useful for remote support.

Invite another user

Log into your Atlas account.


  • Top menu, click Access Manager and select Organization Access from the drop down menu

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  • Click Invite Users

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  • Enter the email address of the person supporting you (that is the email address he used to setup his own Atlas account).

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  • Select Organization Owner then click Invite to Organization.

Warning

Make sure you enable Organization Owner for the invited user!

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Being invited

Note: you will receive an email with the invitation.

  • Log in your own Atlas account.

  • Top left, from the drop down menu click the caret and select View all Organizations

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  • In the left menu, click Invitations then click ACCEPT the invitation.

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  • Going back to all your organizations you can now see and administer both of them from this account. In the example below Nightscout is your own organization and My Org 2020-09-20 is a guest organization.

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Hint

You can rename your organizations from the top left cog (Settings) then clicking the pen icon.

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Northflank

You can setup two Nightscout sites per Northflank account. The 20$ per month credit applies.

You can setup teammates in Northflank.


Invite a teammate

  • Log into your Northflank account and select Overview, in Members click + to add a teammate.

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  • Enter the email address of the person supporting you (that is the email address he used to setup his own Northflank account). Add Admin privileges if you want him to interact with your data, leave Default for an observer.

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  • You can manage teammates in Members: change privileges and delete them, or revoke invitations.


Being invited

You will receive an email with the invitation.

You will see the invitee project with yours.


Railway

  • Open your Railway dashboard and select your project.

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  • Top right select Settings and Members.

  • Enter the email address of the person supporting you (that is the email address he used to setup his own Railway account). Select Can Edit privileges if you want him to interact with your data, leave Can View for an observer.

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  • Confirm the invite with Invite to project.

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Being invited

You will receive an email with the invitation.

You will see the invitee project with yours.