# How do I get database connection info?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** sql-query
**Created:** [December 1, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634 "2024-12-01T14:15:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@ScrapBlox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ScrapBlox)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634/1 "2024-12-01T14:15:31Z")
I have a discourse install using docker and I was wondering how do I find/connect to the database connection information like (username,db,password), Thanks in advanced! ❤
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634/2 "2024-12-01T14:24:44Z")
What problem are you trying to solve?
You can get to postgres like
```plaintext
./launcher enter app
su - postgres
psql
```
You can use the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin to do queries from the UX.
I think the user is discourse and allows connection from within the container.
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### Author:  [@ScrapBlox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ScrapBlox)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634/3 "2024-12-01T14:37:17Z")
I was trying to get the database connection information like username and password so I could connect from an external source but I don’t know how to get the connection info.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634/4 "2024-12-01T15:11:32Z")
The way to do that is usually to use the API or the [data explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin.
It’s possible to enter the container like I said and add a user and then open the port on the app.yml, but that’s usually not recommended.
What problem are you trying to solve by connecting from an external source?
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### Author:  [@ScrapBlox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ScrapBlox)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634/5 "2024-12-01T17:16:08Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> What problem are you trying to solve by connecting from an external source?
I’m looking to migrate my forum from discourse to XenForo for reasons of it being lighter/cheaper to run/host. (Don’t get me wrong discourse is still great software love what was made here)
Running the Discourse to XF importer needs postgresql info..
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-get-database-connection-info/339634/6 "2024-12-01T20:22:02Z")
Then just get a database dump and restore it to another postgres server.