PostgreSQL - Connect with pgAdmin
Connect to your Public Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL using pgAdmin
Last updated 4th April, 2022
Objective
Public Cloud Databases allow you to focus on building and deploying cloud applications while OVHcloud takes care of the database infrastructure and maintenance in operational conditions.
This guide explains how to connect to a PostgreSQL database instance with one of the world's most famous Open Source management tool for PostgreSQL: pgAdmin.
Requirements
- Access to the OVHcloud Control Panel.
- A Public Cloud project in your OVHcloud account.
- A PostgreSQL database running on your OVHcloud Public Cloud Databases (this guide can help you to meet this requirement)
- Configure your PostgreSQL instance to accept incoming connections
- A pgAdmin stable version installed and public network connectivity (Internet). This guide was made in pgAdmin 4 version 6.4.
Concept
A PostgreSQL instance can be managed through multiple ways. One of the easiest, yet powerful, is to use a Command Line Interface (CLI), as shown in our guide: Connect to PostgreSQL with CLI or by using programming languages, such as PHP or Python.
Another way is to interact directly using a management tool for PostgreSQL: pgAdmin.
In order to do so, we will need to install pgAdmin, then configure our Public Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL instances to accept incoming connections, and finally configure pgAdmin 4.
Instructions
Installation
To interact with your PostgreSQL instance with pgAdmin 4 you need to install it.
Please follow the official pgAdmin to get the latest information.
We are now ready to learn how to connect to our PostgreSQL instance.
Connect with pgAdmin 4
Configuration
Once logged in pgAdmin, from the Servers dashboard view select Add new server.
In the Create - Server dialog of the General tab, fill in the Name field.
Then select the Connection tab and fill in the following fields with the collected credentials:
- Host
- Port
- Maintenance database
- Username
- Password
Finally, select the SSL tab and set the SSL Mode to Require.
If needed you can adjust the connection timeout in the Advanced tab.
Once saved, select your server in the servers list on the left. In the Dashboard view, you can observe that the connection is active:
pgAdmin has useful functions such as:
- Backup & Restore a single table, a schema, or a complete database
- Manage Roles
Go further
Visit the Github examples repository to find how to connect to your database with several languages.
Visit our dedicated Discord channel: https://discord.gg/ovhcloud. Ask questions, provide feedback and interact directly with the team that builds our databases services.
Join our community of users on https://community.ovh.com/en/.
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