# Using pgAdmin to connect to a RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance
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You can use the open-source tool pgAdmin to connect to your RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance. You can download and install pgAdmin from [http://www.pgadmin.org/](http://www.pgadmin.org/) without having a local instance of PostgreSQL on your client computer.

**To connect to your RDS for PostgreSQL DB instance using pgAdmin**

1. Launch the pgAdmin application on your client computer. 

1. On the **Dashboard** tab, choose **Add New Server**.

1. In the **Create - Server** dialog box, type a name on the **General** tab to identify the server in pgAdmin.

1. On the **Connection** tab, type the following information from your DB instance:
   + For **Host**, type the endpoint, for example `mypostgresql.c6c8dntfzzhgv0.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com`.
   + For **Port**, type the assigned port. 
   + For **Username**, type the user name that you entered when you created the DB instance (if you changed the 'master username' from the default, `postgres`). 
   + For **Password**, type the password that you entered when you created the DB instance.  
![\[Type the password that you entered when creating the DB instance\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/images/Postgres-Connect01.png)

1. Choose **Save**. 

   If you have any problems connecting, see [Troubleshooting connections to your RDS for PostgreSQL instance](USER_ConnectToPostgreSQLInstance.Troubleshooting.md). 

1. To access a database in the pgAdmin browser, expand **Servers**, the DB instance, and **Databases**. Choose the DB instance's database name.  
![\[Choose the DB instance's database name in the pgAdmin browser\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/images/Postgres-Connect02.png)

1. To open a panel where you can enter SQL commands, choose **Tools**, **Query Tool**.