How to run Rails console in Beanstalk AL2023

Question

How can a rails console be run from AWS Beanstalk on Amazon Linux 2023?
Using SSM to access an EC2 "Ruby 3.2 running on 64bit Amazon Linux 2023" instance, what commands are needed to run rails console in the terminal?

In Amazon Linux 2, environment variables needed to be exported to a file and then run:
```
/opt/elasticbeanstalk/.rbenv/shims/bundle exec rails c
```
Could someone please post a sample script for Amazon Linux 2023?

Parthasaradi · Answer

Hello,

To run the Rails console on AWS Elastic Beanstalk using Amazon Linux 2023.

**Connect to the EC2 instance:**

Use AWS SSM to connect to your EC2 instance
Replace  with your actual instance ID.
```
aws ssm start-session --target

```
 **Prepare the Environment Variables:**

Amazon Linux 2023 has a slightly different setup from Amazon Linux 2. You'll need to source the environment variables and ensure rbenv is properly set up. Here's a script to help with that.

**Create a Script to Run the Rails Console:**

Create a script named rails_console.sh

```
#!/bin/bash

# Load environment variables
source /var/app/current/.env.elasticbeanstalk

# Initialize rbenv
export PATH="/opt/elasticbeanstalk/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init -)"

# Navigate to the application directory
cd /var/app/current

# Run Rails console
bundle exec rails console

```
**Run the Script:**

Make sure the script is executable

```
chmod +x rails_console.sh

```
Now, you can run the script:

```
./rails_console.sh
```

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/linux/al2023/ug/beanstalk.html

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/ruby-rails-tutorial.html

How to run Rails console in Beanstalk AL2023

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