Re: Access to databas from the Internet

Hello Lukasz!

You need some port forwarding onto your router/firewall. You have to forward
incoming connections on port 5432 (or the port postmaster is listening on)
from IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to IP yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy with the according port. If
your router is a Linux machine, take a look into the iptables rules and also
the HowTos at http://www.netfilter.org/ how to create a port forwarding. Be
aware that this will also attackers from the internet will enable them to
use exploits onto your server! So make sure, that this machine is properly
secured.

Best regards,
Matthias

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Lukasz
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:11 PM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Access to databas from the Internet
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to install a PostgreSQL. I know how to manage
> the database
> itself, creae databases, user, groups and so on. But I don't know how
> to allow other users, who are outside LAN to connect to database
> through Internet.
>
> For example, my external IP is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, and my IP in the local
> network is yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy. I want to install PostgreSQL on the
> computer with yyy.yyy... What and where I need to configure to have
> access to my database from Internet?
>
> Regards,
> Lukasz
>
>
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