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# Integrate pgAdmin with Tiger Cloud

> Query, visualize, and manage your database with an open-source administration tool

export const SERVICE_SHORT = 'service';

export const PG = 'Postgres';

export const CLOUD_LONG = 'Tiger Cloud';

export const SERVICE_LONG = 'Tiger Cloud service';

export const SELF_LONG = 'self-hosted TimescaleDB';

[pgAdmin][pgadmin] is a feature-rich open-source administration and development platform for {PG}. It is available for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and
Safari browsers, or can be installed on Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, or various Linux flavors.

![CLOUD\_LONG pgAdmin][cloud-long-pgadmin]

This page explains how to integrate pgAdmin with your {SERVICE_LONG}.

## Prerequisites

To follow the steps on this page:

* Create a target [{SERVICE_LONG}][create-service] with Real-time analytics enabled.<p />

  You need [your connection details][connection-info]. This procedure also
  works for [{SELF_LONG}][enable-timescaledb].

[create-service]: /deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/get-started/create-services

[enable-timescaledb]: /deploy-and-operate/self-hosted/install-and-update/install-self-hosted

[connection-info]: /integrations/find-connection-details

* [Download][download-pgadmin] and install pgAdmin.

## Connect pgAdmin to your service

To connect to {CLOUD_LONG}:

1. **Start pgAdmin**
2. **In the `Quick Links` section of the `Dashboard` tab, click `Add New Server`**
3. **In `Register - Server` > `General`, fill in the `Name` and `Comments` fields with the server name and description, respectively**
4. **Configure the connection**
   1. In the `Connection` tab, configure the connection using your [connection details][connection-info].
   2. If you configured your {SERVICE_SHORT} to connect using a [stricter SSL mode][ssl-mode], then in the `SSL` tab check `Use SSL`, set `SSL mode` to the configured mode, and in the `CA Certificate` field type the location of the SSL root CA certificate to use.
5. **Click `Save`**

You have successfully integrated pgAdmin with {CLOUD_LONG}.

[cloud-long-pgadmin]: https://assets.timescale.com/docs/images/timescale-cloud-pgadmin.png

[connection-info]: /integrations/find-connection-details

[download-pgadmin]: https://www.pgadmin.org/download/

[pgadmin]: https://www.pgadmin.org/

[ssl-mode]: /deploy-and-operate/tiger-cloud/secure-access/connect-to-a-service-with-stricter-ssl