Thread: help running pgAdmin in debian -lenny

help running pgAdmin in debian -lenny

From
dalitec
Date:
Hi 

I am a newbie and I am running a debian lenny web server and installed
pgAdmin with apt-get install. I am connected to the web server via ssh and
have root access. I read the html page in the usr/share/pgadmin3/docs that
tells all the different options. How do I run pgadmin remotely from a linux
based client( I am actually running moblin 2.1 on a laptop) or on the web
server itself if I cant or shouldn't use remotely.

Thanks for any help

Jay
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Re: help running pgAdmin in debian -lenny

From
Guillaume Lelarge
Date:
Le 18/02/2011 12:40, dalitec a écrit :
> 
> Hi 
> 
> I am a newbie and I am running a debian lenny web server and installed
> pgAdmin with apt-get install. I am connected to the web server via ssh and
> have root access. I read the html page in the usr/share/pgadmin3/docs that
> tells all the different options. How do I run pgadmin remotely from a linux
> based client( I am actually running moblin 2.1 on a laptop) or on the web
> server itself if I cant or shouldn't use remotely.
> 

If you are on the same network, just allow your computer to access the
database server with the pg_hba.conf file.

Otherwise, you can use an SSH tunnel.


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Re: help running pgAdmin in debian -lenny

From
Erwin Brandstetter
Date:
On Feb 20, 11:51 pm, guilla...@lelarge.info (Guillaume Lelarge) wrote:
(...)
> If you are on the same network, just allow your computer to access the
> database server with the pg_hba.conf file.
>
> Otherwise, you can use an SSH tunnel.

Details to the above suggestion for internet connections (also for
future reference):
Under Linux you can just use ssh on the command line. Something like:  ssh my_server_ip_here -Nf
-L5433:my_server_ip_here:5432
For help try  man ssh

Under Windows, one good way is to use puTTY:  http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
Example on how to open an SSH tunnel using port forwarding with puTTY:
http://www.cs.uu.nl/technical/services/ssh/putty/puttyfw.html


As an alternative to an SSH tunnel you can allow access from the
internet on your DB server. You should know your way around security,
though! If in doubt consult:   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/interactive/runtime-config-connection.html

For this, you need to allow connections from the internet in
postgresql.conf:  listen_addresses = '*'

I would advise to restrict internet connections to SSL. Also i would
only enable known IP adress(es) of the client(s). So you would add a
line like this to your pg_hba.conf:  # Access for John Doe from home  hostssl  all         myuser
insert_client_ip_here/32    md5 

Be sure not to allow unwanted connections from the internet.

Regards
Erwin