---
title: "PostgreSQL® - Configure an instance to accept incoming connections"
description: "Learn how to configure your PostgreSQL® instance to accept incoming connections."
url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/postgresql-configure-instance-accept-incoming-connections
lang: en
---
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# PostgreSQL® - Configure an instance to accept incoming connections

**Learn how to configure your PostgreSQL® instance to accept incoming connections.**

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.

 

## Requirements

- A [Public Cloud project](https://us.ovhcloud.com/public-cloud/) in your OVHcloud account
- Access to the [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/)
- A PostgreSQL® database running on your OVHcloud Cloud Databases ([this guide](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/getting-started.md) can help you to meet this requirement)

 

## Instructions

### Configure your PostgreSQL[®](#go-further) instance to accept incoming connections

Before making a connection, we must verify that our PostgreSQL® instance is correctly configured.

Log in to your [OVHcloud Control Panel](https://manager.us.ovhcloud.com/) and open your database via the `Public Cloud` and `Databases` menus.

 

#### Step 1: Verify your user roles and password

Select the `Users` tab. Verify that you have a user with sufficient rights and a configured password. If you don't remember the user's password, you can either create a new user or regenerate the password of an existing user. Be careful! By doing so you will need to update all the places where you already use this user/password pair.

This first user **avnadmin** comes with the following privileges:

```
  LOGIN
  NOSUPERUSER
  INHERIT
  CREATEDB
  CREATEROLE
  REPLICATION
```

We rely on official PostgreSQL® roles and privileges. You can manage them yourself via CLI or code. So far, **user grants and privileges management are not supported via the OVHcloud Control Panel or the OVHcloud API**.

Please read the [official PostgreSQL® documentation](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/database-roles.html) to select the right roles for your use case.

To reset the **avnadmin** password, click on the _more options_ `...` to the right of the user, then on `Reset password`.

To create a new user, click on `+ Add User`, fill out the form, and click the `Create User` button.

Once created or updated, the user has to be ready and have the status "READY" in the Control Panel.

 

#### Step 2: Authorize incoming connections from the PostgreSQL® client

In this step, select the `Configuration` tab (Access Control List). By default, a Cloud Database does not accept any form of connection from the outside world. This way, we can help prevent intrusive connection attempts.

In the IPs section and enter the IP of your pgAdmin environment. Click the _add_ `+` button.

When finished, click `Save changes`.

**Note:**

If you want to allow connections from the outside, you can enter the IP 0.0.0.0/0. Please use it carefully.

 

#### Collect required information

Select the `Dashboard` tab to find the required login credentials in the** Connection information** section.

Select the `Databases` tab to get the database name.

Select the `Users` tab to get the username.

 

## Go further

Visit the [GitHub examples repository](https://github.com/ovh/public-cloud-databases-examples/tree/main/databases/postgresql) to find out how to connect to your database with several languages.

Browse all the [Databases guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/landing-page-databases.md).

Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services.

Learn more about [Managed Databases](https://us.ovhcloud.com/public-cloud/databases/) on the OVHcloud US website.

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