Run manage.py from AWS EB Linux instance

Question

How to run manage.py from AWS EB (Elastic Beanstalk) Linux instance?

If I run it from \'/opt/python/current/app\', it shows the below exception.

Answer 1

TL;DR

This answer assumes you have installed EB CLI. Follow these steps:

1. Connect to your running instance using ssh.

eb ssh 

2. Once you are inside your environment, load the environment variables (this is important for database configuration)

. /opt/python/current/env

If you wish you can see the environment variables using printenv.

3. Activate your virtual environment

source /opt/python/run/venv/bin/activate

4. Navigate to your project directory (this will depend on your latest deployment, so use the number of your latest deployment instead of XX)

cd /opt/python/bundle/XX/app/

5. Run the command you wish:

python manage.py 

Running example

Asumming that your environment name is my-env, your latest deployment number is 13, and you want to run the shell command:

eb ssh my-env # 1
. /opt/python/current/env # 2
source /opt/python/run/venv/bin/activate # 3
cd /opt/python/bundle/13/app/ # 4
python manage.py shell # 5