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Asked: 2026-05-29T15:00:17+00:00

For the last three/four months i’ve deployed PostGIS locally but now i’ve just been

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For the last three/four months i’ve deployed PostGIS locally but now i’ve just been given a server to deploy PostGIS on and scale up my open source adventures. I’ve installed Postgres/gis and its working just fine on my Windows server, but how do I connect to it from my desktop pc (via QGIS). I’ve looked around for threads on ‘Remote Access PostGIS on Windows Server’ and variation of, but haven’t actually found anything concrete.

I get the gist that I have to edit the some of the Postgres config files to allow remote access, but the threads that do comment on doing this all offer difference solutions. Very confused!

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  1. Editorial Team

    In short, yes. It’s built into the IP protocol used by PostgreSQL.

    However, it partially depends on your network. Does your Windows Server have either a static IP or a DNS name (e.g., yourname.com)? If your server have a dynamic IP, try something like http://dyn.com/dns/. Furthermore, if your server is behind a firewall or router, you might need to use port forwarding to expose the PostgreSQL port (usually 5432) to outside traffic.

    The PostgreSQL/PostGIS side of things is easier to set up. There are tonnes of resources out in the web to tell you how to enable remote connections to a PostgreSQL database (e.g. this). Basically, you need to edit your postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf files, and either restart and/or refresh your server.

    To connect from QGIS, make a new connection with the DNS name or IP address in “Host”. I frequently use QGIS to connect to remote servers.

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