pgAdmin3 connection problems

Question

I'm recently setting up and running a Windows 2008 r2 server with VMware Workstation 8.

I'm running a Centos 6.2 virtual linux box with Postgresql 9.1. Everything seems ok locally and I can connect to the CentOS box via a bridged network connection.

I have followed David Ghedini's walkthrough for setting up Postgresql 9.1. So I am able to start a putty session window, log in as root and start psql shell and issue statements as postgres user. My problem is that I cannot connect using pgAdmin III from my Windows 7 client. I have updated the /var/lib/pgsql/9.1/data/postgresql.conf to enable listen_addresses '*', etc.

Could anyone give me any tips on finding my fault. Have ensured Windows Firewall is disabled on the Windows server, too.

The pgAdmin III client reports;

'Server doesn't listen'

The server doesn't accept connections: the connection library reports

could not connect to server: Connection timed out (0x0000274C/10060) Is the server running on host "192.168.1.26" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432?

This is the pg_hba.conf file entry added:

#TYPE DATABASE   USER   ADDRESS          METHOD
host  all        all    192.168.1.0/24   trust

And the iptables file entries added:

-A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 --sport 1024:65535 -d 192.168.1.26 --dport 5432 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A OUTPUT -p tcp -s 192.168.1.26 --sport 5432 -d 0/0 --dport 1024:65535 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

Answer 1

You need to adjust pg_hba.conf:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/auth-pg-hba-conf.html

Once you add your own host and corresponding user, restart postgresql server so hopefully you can connect.

Also you might need to enable it's port on the network: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/postgres-allow-remote-access-tcp-connection.html

Answer 2

i have the same problem. I disabled all my third party antiviruses and firewalls and reinstall PostgreSQL again and its now working fine... :)