Access tinker or database when deploying on AWS Elastic Beanstalk
New to using host providers like AWS. I have a Laravel 6 app that I don't want to have a register page for the user and was planning on manually adding the users (only 2 users, the app is a simple crud for a local artist) to the app, but not entire sure where I do that with Elastic Beanstalk. I have the app deployed and connected to a MySQL database through EC2. Should I ssh into the EC2 instance? Can I use tinker or do I need to use MySQL?
Well, AWS Elastic Beanstalk is only a service that helps you deploy your website. It won't help you manage your data in the database for example. As you said in your own question, you have the database installed on the EC2 server.
You have two ways of managing your database that is on the server. Use a database management tool like TablePlus or Sequel Pro (for mac). Or SSH into the server and then login into MySQL to perform queries there. The last option is all command line.
If you're new I highly recommend you to use a database tool ;)
Thank you! I ended up just using the .ebextensions/config and seeding the database, which seemed more straight forward to me (not sure if it's good practice though)
