<![CDATA[Connect to Postgres via environment variables]]>Apparently Directus supports to connect to external existing Postgres databases via custom environment variables - I wanted to try it these days and was wondering if someone has tried it already.

Also, can I use the same to connect to the Postgres addon database which I'd use for my custom app?

Also, can anyone recommend a free online Postgres database I could use for testing? I only know ElephantSQL, but they have announced their end of life.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/11685/connect-to-postgres-via-environment-variablesRSS for NodeSun, 08 Mar 2026 10:50:04 GMTMon, 06 May 2024 08:51:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Connect to Postgres via environment variables on Thu, 09 May 2024 09:51:16 GMT]]>I could successfully connect to a test postgres database with these environment variables:

DB_HOST=IP
DB_PORT=Port
DB_DATABASE="db_name"
DB_USER="user_name"
DB_PASSWORD="password"

Then I ran
npx directus bootstrap
to initialise the database.

When I run commands like
npx directus count table_name
it provides correct answers indicating that the database connection works.

However, for some reason, the database doesn't show up in my GUI.

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