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Lior0707
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Connect to Postgres SQL DB hosted on an Azure Server

I am trying to connect Postgres SQL DB hosted on an Azure Server to Power BI and getting certificate error 

 

"An error happened while reading data from the provider: 'The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure.'"

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Lior0707
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Thank you for the replay but my Postgres SQL DB hosted on an Azure Server and the sulotion is for AWS .

 

I tryied this sulotion but its not working for me .

 

Thank You !!

 

Lior 

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Hi  @Lior0707 ,

The PostgresSQL connector doesn't work out of the box, you need to do quite a few things first

1. Install Npgsql which allows .NET access to PostgresSQL.  I installed it using the Pakagae Manager Console in Visual Studio; detailed instructions are here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Npgsql/

You need to connect over SSL to AWS which isn't setup by default (on my Windows 10 machine anway)

2. Download the AWS public key from here https://s3.amazonaws.com/rds-downloads/rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem

3. Convert that to a certificate using https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-converter.html (convert to PKCS#7/P7B)

4. Import that certificate to the Trusted Room Certificate described here http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~gsw2c/GridToolsDir/Documentation/ImportTrustedCertificates.htm

5. Test access from Power BI desktop using the PostgresSQL connector and it should work

 

This is the related document, you can view this content:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Community-Blog/Configuring-Power-BI-Connectivity-to-PostgreSQL-Data...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53921336/an-error-happened-while-reading-data-from-the-provider-...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60102636/power-bi-postgresql-data-import-error-the-remote-certif...

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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Thank you for the replay but my Postgres SQL DB hosted on an Azure Server and the sulotion is for AWS .

 

I tryied this sulotion but its not working for me .

 

Thank You !!

 

Lior 

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