Applicable to:
- Plesk Onyx for Linux
Question
How to enable remote access to PostgreSQL server on a Plesk server?
Answer
Note: the instructions below were tested on a Plesk server, however, they can be applicable to a non-Plesk server as well keeping in mind possible different path to the files.
To enable remote access to PostgreSQL server:
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Connect to the PostgreSQL server via SSH.
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Get location of
postgresql.conffile by executing command (it should be something like/var/lib/pgsql/data/postgresql.conf):CONFIG_TEXT: # find / -name "postgresql.conf"
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Open
postgresql.conffile and add the following line to the end:CONFIG_TEXT: listen_addresses = '*'
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Add the following line to the end of
/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conffile:CONFIG_TEXT: host all all 203.0.113.2/32 md5
- 203.0.113.2/32 is the remote IP from which connection is allowed. If you want to allow connection from any IP specify 0.0.0.0/0 .
- md5 is the authentication method, which requires the client to supply a double-MD5-hashed password for authentication.
Note: In the above configuration user john.doe from database example1 has access to database example2 and vice versa. To allow user john.doe remotely connect to example1 database only, specify directives as following in the end of
/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conffile:
host samerole all 203.0.113.2/32 md5As for other authentication methods refer to PostgreSQL documentation.
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Restart PostgreSQL server to apply the changes:
# service postgresql restart
Comments
2 comments
It's crazy to suggest `trust` as authentication method for a remote connection, please take down this guide ASAP.
Hello @Michael Banck,
Thank you for your feedback!
The article was updated to include "md5" authentification method to avoid any security issues.
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