# PostgreSQL Details

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-details/227336>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 17, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-details/227336 "2022-05-17T20:18:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-details/227336/10 "2022-05-17T22:03:08Z")

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We configure the database to trust and allow connections from the same IP without a password, so there isn’t a password for you to find.

If you have a standard Discourse install, you will need to:

- change the app.yml configuration to expose the 5432 port to the external world

- create a new username/password pair that has read access to the tables you want

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