I have a simple Web API and I am trying to use entity framework core code first, with an external sql server database hosted on AWS RDS. My aim is for EF to create my model database/tables automatically, based on my context and models,  the first time I use Swagger to create an object. Although when I try to post an object to my API with Swagger, tables do not get created and instead I get the following error: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbUpdateException: An error occurred while updating the entries. See the inner exception for details.
 ---> Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Invalid object name 'Users'. 
Did I set up EF incorrectly?
Db Context:
namespace FitnessTrackerAPI.Data
{
    public class FitnessTrackerAPIContext : DbContext
    {
        public FitnessTrackerAPIContext (DbContextOptions<FitnessTrackerAPIContext> options)
            : base(options)
        {
        }
        public DbSet<FitnessTracker.UserData> Users { get; set; }
        public DbSet<FitnessTracker.WorkoutData> Workouts { get; set; }
    }
}
I also added the following to Startup.cs:
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
         services.AddDbContext<FitnessTrackerAPIContext>(options =>
         options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("FitnessTrackerAPIContext")));
         ....
    private void InitializeDatabase(IApplicationBuilder app)
    {
         using (var serviceScope = app.ApplicationServices.GetService<IServiceScopeFactory>().CreateScope())
         {
                var context = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<FitnessTrackerAPIContext>();
                context.Database.Migrate();
         }
    }
    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
    {
        //Apply pending migrations
        InitializeDatabase(app);
        ....
Connection String in appsettings.json: "ConnectionStrings": {
    "FitnessTrackerAPIContext": "Server=fitnessapi.clxnbxbuoxx1.eu-west-1.rds.amazonaws.com,1433;User ID=XXXXX;Password=XXXXX; Initial Catalog=fitnessapi; Database=fitnessapi; Connect Timeout=30;Encrypt=False;TrustServerCertificate=False;ApplicationIntent=ReadWrite;MultiSubnetFailover=False"
You need to call context.Database.EnsureCreated(); to "ensure" the tables are created. More about this method here.
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