Elastic Beanstalk with RDS and SEQUELIZE migrations

Create and EBS applications  (eb init, eb create on aws cli)  or through the AWSUI

Create an EBS environment (staging, testing, production, etc) 

Create RDS on AWS UI

Create security group on RDS, add it to the EBS application.  This allows the EBS to connect to the RDS and have them indenpendent of each other.  See: https://amzn.to/2O8oLId

Add process.env vars about DB to your EBS through AWS UI

Update config/config.js in your Node app to include the new process.env vars to connect

Update location of Node in EBS container.  It is not in the usual spot.  See: https://bit.ly/2wQGT2I 

Run your sequelize migrations using the .ebextensions folder.  See: https://bit.ly/2wNcn8U and https://bit.ly/2wNcn8U