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Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL®

Connect to your Aiven for PostgreSQL® service, and manage connection pooling and connection limits.

Choose how to connect​

You can connect your clients directly to the PostgreSQL server, or through a pooled connection. Both paths require TLS; see Connect to Aiven for PostgreSQL® services for the supported sslmode values.

  • Direct connections count individually against your service's max_connections limit. Choose them for administration, migrations, and applications that keep a small, stable number of long-lived connections open.
  • Pooled connections let many more clients share that same limit. Choose them when many application instances or short-lived connections would otherwise exhaust max_connections.

You can use both connection types for the same service at the same time.

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