Run manage.py from AWS EB Linux instance

Solution 1:

How to run manage.py from AWS Elastic Beanstalk AMI.

• SSH login to Linux (eb ssh)
  • (optional may need to run sudo su - to have proper permissions)
• source /opt/python/run/venv/bin/activate
• source /opt/python/current/env
• cd /opt/python/current/app
• python manage.py <commands>

Or, you can run command as like the below:

• cd /opt/python/current/app
• /opt/python/run/venv/bin/python manage.py <command>

Solution 2:

With the new version of Python paths seem to have changed.

• The app is in /var/app/current
• The virtual environment is in /var/app/venv/[KEY]

So the instructions are:

1. SSH to the machine using eb shh
2. Check the path of your environment with ls /var/app/venv/. The only folder should be the [KEY] for the next step
3. Activate the environment with source /var/app/venv/[KEY]/bin/activate
4. Execute the command python3 /var/app/current/manage.py <command>

Of course Amazon can change it anytime.