Laravel Homestead- MySQL default credentials and database

Question

I have setup Laravel and trying to run the artisan migrate command however I am getting the error below

[PDOException] SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Co

Answer 1

Homestead comes with a default database called homestead. Your app can either choose to hook into that database, or you will have to go and make a new database manually. You can either use a GUI (like Sequel Pro on Mac) or perform it via the command line through Vagrant.

// SSH into the box
vagrant ssh

// Connect to MySQL as the homestead user (password is: secret)
mysql -u homestead -p

// Create a new database in MySQL
CREATE DATABASE your_app_name;

// Leave MySQL
exit;

You can then migrate the database as usual, php artisan migrate.

If you need to do this with Postgres instead, it's pretty similar.

// Connect to Postgres (password is: secret)
psql -U homestead -h localhost

// Create a new database in Postgres
CREATE DATABASE your_app_name;

// Leave Postgres
\q