Thread: BUG #15508: Not able to connect irrespective of valid entries inpg_hba.conf

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      15508
Logged by:          Yogesh Jadhav
Email address:      yogesh.jadhav@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 11.1
Operating system:   Windows 10
Description:

I am trying to connect a Postgres database which resides in a docker
installed on Ubuntu virtual machine. Following exception is being thrown on
the console.

    org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host
"10.1.X.X", user "usrXXX", database "dbXXX", SSL off

After going through various posts, I realised that I have to update
pg_hba.conf file. I have modified the file to include the following
settings.

   host dbXXX usrXXX 10.1.X.X/32 trust

*(Note I tried with md5 as well.)*

I verified the postgres database settings through `psql` and executed
commands as specified in this
post(https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/161104/pgadmin-postgresql-no-pg-hba-conf-entry-for-host).
This verified that I am editing correct file. To take a step further, I also
verified the entry through pgAdmin (*pgAdmin is installed locally on
postgres host*) and found the following query is returning records as
entered in pg_hba.conf

    table pg_hba_file_rules;

You can get the images about infrastructure and pgAdmin query results at
following URL.

https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/222602/not-able-to-connect-to-postgre-database-no-pg-hba-conf-entry-for-host

After going through various posts, I realised that I have to update
pg_hba.conf file. I have modified the file to include the following
settings.

   host dbXXX usrXXX 10.1.X.X/32 trust

and found the following query is returning records as
entered in pg_hba.conf

    table pg_hba_file_rules;

Yogesh <yogesh.jadhav@gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks for your response, David. I did restart postgres server (in fact
> more than 10 times).

Well, the three possibilities are (1) you edited the wrong file, (2) you
did not restart/reload the server, and (3) you put the wrong info into
the file.  We seem to have eliminated (1) and (2) so that leaves (3).
What is the pg_hba.conf entry that you are expecting to match this
connection request?

You may have to show us the un-obfuscated server error message, too,
if you want an accurate diagnosis of why it's not matching the connection.

            regards, tom lane