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This guide will walk you through the steps to connect to Nile using PSQL.
  1. Create a Nile’s Postgres database through the UI or use one of your existing databases to follow along.
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  1. Once you are inside a specific database, click on the settings tab on the left and navigate to the connections screen
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  1. Click on the Postgres icon to get the connection string
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  1. Click “Generate credentials”. Use this if you really want to simplify the access. If not, you can replace the username and password manually and use that through commandline.
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  1. There are four parts of this url that is needed to connect to DBWeaver
psql postgres://018bd797-ed9d-7c02-bec4-dac1179c29fd:d68af75e-47cb-4354-ada4-98abe7d8015c@db.thenile.dev:5432/diplomatic_axe

host:db.thenile.dev
database:diplomatic_axe
username:018bd797-ed9d-7c02-bec4-dac1179c29fd
password:d68af75e-47cb-4354-ada4-98abe7d8015c
  1. Navigate to DBWeaver. Select to connect to a new database
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  1. Pick Postgres as the choice of database
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  1. Enter the host, database, username and password from step 5
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  1. Press OK and DBWeaver should automatically connect to Nile’s Postgres
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  1. Enjoy exploring Nile with DBWeaver