Using pgAdmin to connect to a RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance - Amazon Relational Database Service
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Using pgAdmin to connect to a RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance

You can use the open-source tool pgAdmin to connect to your RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance. You can download and install pgAdmin from http://www.pgadmin.org/ without having a local instance of PostgreSQL on your client computer.

To connect to your RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance using pgAdmin

  1. Launch the pgAdmin application on your client computer.

  2. On the Dashboard tab, choose Add New Server.

  3. In the Create - Server dialog box, type a name on the General tab to identify the server in pgAdmin.

  4. On the Connection tab, type the following information from your DB instance:

    • For Host, type the endpoint, for example mypostgresql.c6c8dntfzzhgv0.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com.

    • For Port, type the assigned port.

    • For Username, type the user name that you entered when you created the DB instance (if you changed the 'master username' from the default, postgres).

    • For Password, type the password that you entered when you created the DB instance.

    Type the password that you entered when creating the DB instance

  5. Choose Save.

    If you have any problems connecting, see Troubleshooting connections to your RDS for PostgreSQL instance.

  6. To access a database in the pgAdmin browser, expand Servers, the DB instance, and Databases. Choose the DB instance's database name.

    Choose the DB instance's database name in the pgAdmin browser

  7. To open a panel where you can enter SQL commands, choose Tools, Query Tool.