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How to connect to the PostgreSQL RDBMS server from Windows
Follow these steps on a Mac to generate your public/private keys and access the PostgreSQL server.
Terminal (Terminal.app) is the terminal emulator included in the macOS operating system. You can use this application to generate your SSH key.
From Terminal, follow these instructions (see screenshot below):
ssh-keygen -t rsa
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
In the screenshot below:
(a)
is the location and filename of your private key(b)
is the location and filename of your public key(c)
are the contents of your public key(c)
to your Medic contact or RDBMS administrator. It should start with ssh-rsa
and end with something that looks like an email address. This information is not sensitive and can be shared over slack, github, etc…Once your public SSH key has been installed on RDBMS, the administrator will provide you with login credentials to the SSH server as well as for PostgreSQL. You should be able to access PostgreSQL from a SQL client using those credentials. Some common SQL clients include: pgAdmin, DBeaver, Postico.
From your SQL client, use the settings mentioned below to connect. Be sure to select the Private Key that you generated above.
Field | Value |
---|---|
Host | localhost |
Host Port | 5432 |
User | <provided by Medic> |
Password | <provided by Medic> |
Database | <your project database> |
SSH Host | rdbms.dev.medicmobile.org |
SSH Port | 33696 |
SSH User | <provided by Medic> |
SSH Password | N/A - Use Private Key |
Private Key | Use the private key generated above |
How to connect to the PostgreSQL RDBMS server from Windows
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