railway connect

Connect to a database's interactive shell (psql for Postgres, mongosh for MongoDB, etc.).

Usage

Options

Flag	Description
-e, --environment <ENV>	Environment to pull variables from (defaults to linked environment)

Supported databases

Database	Client Required
PostgreSQL	psql
MySQL	mysql
Redis	redis-cli
MongoDB	mongosh

Examples

Connect to database (interactive)

Prompts you to select a database service if multiple exist.

Connect to specific database

Connect to database in specific environment

Requirements

• The database must have a TCP Proxy enabled (public URL)
• The appropriate database client must be installed on your machine

How it works

1. Detects the database type from the service's image
2. Fetches connection variables (DATABASE_PUBLIC_URL, REDIS_PUBLIC_URL, etc.)
3. Launches the appropriate database client with the connection string

Related

• railway ssh
• railway run