SSH into or connect to a running Railway service container

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Documented steps

  1. `railway ssh` opens an interactive shell into the linked service's container.
  2. `railway connect` opens a database shell for a managed database service (e.g. Postgres).
  3. For inter-service private networking, use the service's RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN / internal DNS.

Known gotchas

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