Prerequisites

To get the most out of this guide, you will need to:

This type of connection accepts only MD5 or scram-sha-256 authentication methods.

Features

The table below outlines the features available for this type of connection.

  • Native - This refers to when a database client connects through a specific protocol, such as an IDE or client libraries through hoop connect <connection-name>.
  • One Off - This term refers to accessing this connection from hoop web panel.
FeatureNativeOne OffDescription
TLS Termination Proxy

 

The local proxy terminates the connection with TLS, enabling the connection with the remote server to be TLS encrypted.
Audit

The gateway store and audit the queries being issued by the client
Data Masking (DLP)

A policy can be enabled to mask sensitive fields dynamically when performing queries in the database.
Credentials Offload

The user authenticates via SSO instead of using database credentials.
Interactive Access

Interactive access is available when using an IDE or connecting via a terminal to perform analysis exploration.

Configuration

NameTypeRequiredDescription
HOSTenv-varyesThe IP or Host of the Postgres server
USERenv-varyesThe user to connect in the Postgres server
PASSenv-varyesThe password to connect to the Postgres server. Make sure to URL encode the password if it contains any special characters.
PORTenv-varyesThe port of the Postgres server
DBenv-varyesThe name of the database to connect (Required when using the connection via the command line).
SSLMODEenv-varnoHow to connect via tls with the remote host, it defaults to prefer. https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-ssl.html#LIBPQ-SSL-PROTECTION for more information. Available options are: disable, prefer, require, and verify-full

Connection setup

Create a new TCP connection in hoop’s web panel.

Access the connection

You can access it through hoop CLI or hoop web panel.

CLI

hoop connect <connection-name>

connection: pg | session: 0ebc7492-94bf-498e-ac9c-430f2d5e89b0

--------------------postgres-credentials--------------------
      host=127.0.0.1 port=5433 user=noop password=noop
------------------------------------------------------------
ready to accept connections!

Web panel