I have followed the metabase guide for getting setup on elastic beanstalk, including the section on configuring RDS with postgres.
My question is - how do I confirm that the postgres database is the metabase application database? I tried adding the postgres database in metabase (recursive 
), targeting the “metabase” database, but metabase did not display any tables.
I am nervous to commit to fully integrating metabase, adding tons of queries and creating dashboards, before I can confirm that such data will be persisted appropriately.
Thank you!
Hi @tristan-savi
It can take a few seconds for the sync+scan process to complete, so perhaps you clicked too fast?
Also check the log for any errors - Admin > Troubleshooting > Logs.
If you check the logs about 50 lines after startup, then it will tell which database it’s using.
We just call it “application database” - it would become to meta to call it “Metabase database”
By the way, 
that you’re validating before committing!
Thank you so much for the reply!
In the logs, I see:
[4af7c797-6cff-4e0f-8328-5f1515436da1] 2020-10-07T15:33:19-04:00 INFO metabase.db Successfully verified PostgreSQL 12.3 application database connection. 
Which I interpret to mean that metabase is using the RDS database as its application database.
After syncing that database with metabase, though, and waiting, I still don't see any tables / data.
How does metabase on elastic beanstalk read the application database configuration?
@tristan-savi By default RDS stores the data in the database called ebdb, so perhaps you’re connecting to the wrong database?
THANK YOU!!! Yes, I see all data now - it’s being persisted correctly. Huge thanks!!!
), targeting the “metabase” database, but metabase did not display any tables.
that you’re validating before committing!