Part A: Set up accounts in MongoDB Atlas and ZEIT Now - Greenie's Cloud

Part A: Set up accounts in MongoDB Atlas and ZEIT Now

There will be a number of things you’ll need to note down for later, eg, paths, names, connection strings etc. I recommend keeping a running note of these as you go along: all my brain is inside Evernote.

create and set up a free ‘cluster’
choose Cloud Provider & Region, I chose the Free Tier from Ireland
choose Cluster Tier, I chose M0 Sandbox (the free forever tier)
choose Cluster Name, I kept the suggested ‘Cluster0’
finally, click ‘Create Cluster’ button at the bottom of the page (currently this seems to take a few minutes to create), go and make a cuppa

provides very easy deployment process
can use Github or Gitlab integration, or just an email
profile settings, choose a <username>
Github integration setup - via ‘Integrations’ top menu
in terminal, install the Now CLI with npm install -g now (any of your repositories will be able to deploy to ‘now’)