# How do I get database connection info?

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**Category:** Product 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")\
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> [@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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