configured and deployd with heroku
install the heroku CLI first
deploy using CLI method is more straightforward (as compared to the github method, felt more natural for me using the CLI?)
all .env files are inside the Procfile now, can change in config val on heroku dashboard
perfect tutorial in https://medium.com/@mazinosukah/how-to-deploy-adonisjs-apps-to-heroku-66741e7cd26f for adonis (only the force thing should be -- )
most of the information about the db after adding on can be found on the database section in heroku itself
test from new laptop