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This guide walks through giving your team secure access to a production PostgreSQL database.

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Prerequisites

  • Product Admin access
  • A PostgreSQL database reachable from your Gateway
  • Database credentials (username and password)

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Steps

1

Create a Folder

Create a folder for the accounts your team needs to access.
  1. Go to Privileged Access Management → Accounts
  2. Click Create Folder
  3. Name it based on who needs access (e.g., backend-team, checkout-service)
  4. Click Create
2

(Optional) Create a Custom Template

The default postgres template works for most cases. If you need stricter rules:
  1. Go to Account Templates and click Create Template
  2. Select PostgreSQL as the type and configure your access policy
  3. Click Create
3

Add the Database Account

  1. Click Add Account
  2. Select your folder and template
  3. Fill in your database connection details and credentials
  4. Click Create
4

Grant Your Team Access

  1. Open your folder
  2. Go to the Permissions tab
  3. Click Assign Access
  4. Select your team and set the role to Connector
  5. Click Add
To let someone manage the folder day-to-day, grant them Admin instead of Connector.
5

Connect

Your team can now connect from My Access — either in the browser or using the CLI proxy.
  1. Go to Privileged Access Management → My Access
  2. Find the account and click Launch

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Adding More Databases

To add another database, open the folder and click Add Account. Your team will automatically have access since they already have folder permissions.

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Next Steps

SSH Certificate Auth

Set up secure SSH access with certificates.

Sessions

View and manage team sessions.