wire eloquent capsule

backend/config/database.php

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager as Capsule;
+
+$capsule = new Capsule();
+
+$capsule->addConnection([
+    'driver' => 'pgsql',
+    'host' => $_ENV['DB_HOST'],
+    'port' => $_ENV['DB_PORT'],
+    'database' => $_ENV['DB_NAME'],
+    'username' => $_ENV['DB_USER'],
+    'password' => $_ENV['DB_PASSWORD'],
+    'charset' => 'utf8',
+]);
+
+$capsule->setAsGlobal();
+$capsule->bootEloquent();
+
+return $capsule;

backend/public/index.php

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ use Slim\App;
 
     require $root . '/vendor/autoload.php';
 
+    $dotenv = Dotenv\Dotenv::createImmutable($root);
+    $dotenv->safeLoad();
+
+    require $root . '/config/database.php';
+
     $container = require $root . '/config/container.php';
 
     /** @var App $app */