How to Retrieve Connection Details for Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL

1 min readUpdated 26 May 2026

How to find and use the connection credentials needed to access your Vultr Managed PostgreSQL database

Managed database connection details consist of host, port, username, password, default database, connection strings, and SSL certificates. These credentials allow you to connect to the managed databases from your favorite database client or modern programming language libraries. These include the terminal-based front-end to PostgreSQL (psql), PostgreSQL adapter for Python (Psycopg), Go PostgreSQL driver (github.com/lib/pq), and PostgreSQL Driver for PHP (pg_connect).

Follow this guide to manage connection details for Vultr Managed Databases for PostgreSQL using the Vultr Console, API, CLI, or Terraform.

Navigate to Products and select Databases.
Click the target database instance.
Navigate to Connection Details under Overview.
Click Copy Connection String.
Click Copy PostgreSQL URL.
Click Download Signed Certificate and save the certificate.

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