Connect to any Lando service via Shell alias
Short shell alias function to open any database SQL client from the CLI when using Lando for local development.
Roman Zipp, April 24th, 2023
When using Lando as local development tooling, you will be familiar that localhost ports get assigned randomly. This can be tricky if you need to connect to a container regurarily.
This is a short shell function which builds a MySQL/MariaDB connection URI string using the lando and jq binaries.
Install jq
JQ is a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor made by Stephen Dolan which is used to extract details form the lando info JSON output.
macOS
brew install jq
Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install jq
Windows
Shell function
Of course, you can alter the function to output any combination of connection details.
This example always uses the database lando service.
Shell function Of course, you can alter the function to output any combination of connection details. This example always uses the database lando service.