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prihana
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Establish a connection to Postgresql on AWS RDS

The article at this link didnt solve the issue.

 

I want to connect to a RDS Postgresql instance. I have the db hostname, username and password alonf with the certificate to log into the server.

 

How to make a connection to this database?

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themistoklis
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Community Champion

@prihana

 

You actually have 2 options:

1. Connect directly to PostgreSQL 

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2. Through ODBC connection

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On this option you need to create the connection first on ODBC Data SourceAdministrator. Check if the client is 32 or 64bit

 

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Does any of the suggestions above allow refreshes via Power BI service?

v-danhe-msft
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Microsoft Employee

Hi @prihana,

Based on my research, could you have tried to refer to below link to Configuring Power BI Connectivity to PostgreSQL Database:

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

 

Regards,

Daniel He

Community Support Team _ Daniel He
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