From 678cdfa97009b8eb47a13b3379ef792615c23711 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kathap <30441792+kathap@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:26:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add how to connect to PostgreSQL ccdb

To connect from the jumpbox to postgres ccdb the steps are a not 100% the same as for MySQL.
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 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22946f980..31a0a2459 100644
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@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ bosh -d cf scp database:/usr/local/bin/mysql .
 ```
 From the mysql command prompt, you can e.g. use `source db.sql` to read and execute statements from a file.
 
+### Connect to the CCDB: PostgreSQL
+If you have deployed a test environment with PostgreSQL as the Cloud Controller's database, you can open a tunnel to the jumpbox and then connect from there. Initialise `bbl` as explained above and then run:
+```bash
+ssh -4 -N -o "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" -o "StrictHostKeyChecking=no" -o "ServerAliveInterval=30" -o "ServerAliveCountMax=10" -o "IPQoS=throughput" \
+  -i "$JUMPBOX_PRIVATE_KEY" -L "5524:10.0.16.5:5524" jumpbox@<jumpbox ip from $BOSH_ALL_PROXY> &
+apt-get update
+apt-get install postgresql
+psql --host=127.0.0.1 --port=5524 --user=cloud_controller cloud_controller
+# enter password for <cc_database_password from credhub>
+```
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 The tests are fully automated, but some of the following techniques might help if you need to debug a failure: