# Does the Discourse install set a default postgres password?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-discourse-install-set-a-default-postgres-password/147639>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 11, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-discourse-install-set-a-default-postgres-password/147639 "2020-04-11T17:26:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![007](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/007/32/175794_2.png) [@007](https://meta.discourse.org/u/007)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-discourse-install-set-a-default-postgres-password/147639/3 "2020-04-11T20:36:59Z")

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Thanks! That worked. I also dug into [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) a little more and realized I could build my queries from that and didn’t even need direct db access. Helpful to know though.

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