Run artisan command inside a Homestead VM from the local shell

.bashrc

#######################################
# Run artisan on the Homestead VM
#
# Arguments:
#   Folder
#   Command to Run
# Returns:
#   Output of the Artisan Command
#######################################
function artisan() {
	ssh homestead cd /home/vagrant/Code/$1 && php artisan $2
}

README.md

The .bashrc example allows you to run an artisan command from your local terminal inside a Homestead VM.

1. SSH to the VM
2. Change into the directory where your site lives
3. Run an artisan command.

I named my function "artisan" so it overrides the default but you can name it whatever you like. This also assumes you have setup an alias in your ~/.ssh/config file but that isn't strictly necessary. This will also work simply passing in the username and IP. e.g. ssh [email protected]

Change your path if you are using something other than the default of /home/vagrant/Code.

Example usage if I want to run a list command inside the site called myapp:

artisan myapp list

Hope this helps someone!