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Integrate Azure Database for PostgreSQL with Service Connector
Integrate Azure Database for PostgreSQL into your application with Service Connector
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Integrate Azure Database for PostgreSQL with Service Connector
This page shows supported authentication methods and clients, and shows sample code you can use to connect Azure Database for PostgreSQL to other cloud services using Service Connector. You might still be able to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL in other programming languages without using Service Connector. This page also shows default environment variable names and values (or Spring Boot configuration) you get when you create the service connection.
Supported compute services
Service Connector can be used to connect the following compute services to Azure Database for PostgreSQL:
Azure App Service
Azure Container Apps
Azure Functions
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Azure Spring Apps
Supported authentication types and client types
The table below shows which combinations of authentication methods and clients are supported for connecting your compute service to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using Service Connector. A “Yes” indicates that the combination is supported, while a “No” indicates that it is not supported.
Client type
System-assigned managed identity
User-assigned managed identity
Secret/connection string
Service principal
.NET
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Go (pg)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Java (JDBC)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Java - Spring Boot (JDBC)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Node.js (pg)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PHP (native)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Python (psycopg2)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Python-Django
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ruby (ruby-pg)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
None
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
This table indicates that all combinations of client types and authentication methods in the table are supported. All client types can use any of the authentication methods to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using Service Connector.
Note
System-assigned managed identity, User-assigned managed identity and Service principal are only supported on Azure CLI.
Default environment variable names or application properties and sample code
Reference the connection details and sample code in the following tables, according to your connection's authentication type and client type, to connect compute services to Azure Database for PostgreSQL. For more information about naming conventions, check the Service Connector internals article.
System-assigned Managed Identity
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
.NET PostgreSQL connection string
Server=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com;Database=<database-name>;Port=5432;Ssl Mode=Require;User Id=<username>;
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
JDBC PostgreSQL connection string
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require&user=<username>
Application properties
Description
Example value
spring.datasource.azure.passwordless-enabled
Enable passwordless authentication
true
spring.datasource.url
Database URL
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require
spring.datasource.username
Database username
username
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
psycopg2 connection string
dbname=<database-name> host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_NAME
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Go PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
PHP native PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Ruby PostgreSQL connection string
host=<your-postgres-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using a system-assigned managed identity.
[!INCLUDE code sample for postgresql system mi ]
User-assigned Managed Identity
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
.NET PostgreSQL connection string
Server=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com;Database=<database-name>;Port=5432;Ssl Mode=Require;User Id=<username>;
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
JDBC PostgreSQL connection string
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require&user=<username>
Application properties
Description
Example value
spring.datasource.azure.passwordless-enabled
Enable passwordless authentication
true
spring.cloud.azure.credential.client-id
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
spring.cloud.azure.credential.client-managed-identity-enabled
Enable client managed identity
true
spring.datasource.url
Database URL
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require
spring.datasource.username
Database username
username
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
psycopg2 connection string
dbname=<database-name> host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_NAME
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<<identity-client-ID>>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Go PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
PHP native PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Ruby PostgreSQL connection string
host=<your-postgres-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using a user-assigned managed identity.
[!INCLUDE code sample for postgresql user mi ]
Warning
Microsoft recommends that you use the most secure authentication flow available. The authentication flow described in this procedure requires a very high degree of trust in the application, and carries risks that are not present in other flows. You should only use this flow when other more secure flows, such as managed identities, aren't viable.
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
.NET PostgreSQL connection string
Server=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com;Database=<database-name>;Port=5432;Ssl Mode=Require;User Id=<username>;
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
JDBC PostgreSQL connection string
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require&user=<username>&password=<password>
Application properties
Description
Example value
spring.datasource.url
Database URL
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require
spring.datasource.username
Database username
<username>
spring.datasource.password
Database password
<password>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
psycopg2 connection string
dbname=<database-name> host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 sslmode=require user=<username> password=<password>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_NAME
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD
Database password
<database-password>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Go PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username> password=<password>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD
Database password
<password>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
PHP native PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username> password=<password>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Ruby PostgreSQL connection string
host=<your-postgres-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username> password=<password>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD
Database password
<password>
Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using a connection string.
[!INCLUDE code sample for postgresql secrets ]
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
.NET PostgreSQL connection string
Server=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com;Database=<database-name>;Port=5432;Ssl Mode=Require;User Id=<username>;
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
JDBC PostgreSQL connection string
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require&user=<username>
Application properties
Description
Example value
spring.datasource.azure.passwordless-enabled
Enable passwordless authentication
true
spring.cloud.azure.credential.client-id
Your client ID
<client-ID>
spring.cloud.azure.credential.client-secret
Your client secret
<client-secret>
spring.cloud.azure.credential.tenant-id
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
spring.datasource.url
Database URL
jdbc:postgresql://<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com:5432/<database-name>?sslmode=require
spring.datasource.username
Database username
username
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
psycopg2 connection string
dbname=<database-name> host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_NAME
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client SECRET
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Go PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USER
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
PHP native PostgreSQL connection string
host=<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTIONSTRING
Ruby PostgreSQL connection string
host=<your-postgres-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=<database-name> sslmode=require user=<username>
Default environment variable name
Description
Example value
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_HOST
Database host URL
<PostgreSQL-server-name>.postgres.database.azure.com
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_USERNAME
Database username
<username>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_DATABASE
Database name
<database-name>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_PORT
Port number
5432
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_SSL
SSL option
true
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTID
Your client ID
<identity-client-ID>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_CLIENTSECRET
Your client secret
<client-secret>
AZURE_POSTGRESQL_TENANTID
Your tenant ID
<tenant-ID>
Refer to the steps and code below to connect to Azure Database for PostgreSQL using a service principal.
[!INCLUDE code sample for postgresql service principal ]
Follow the tutorials listed below to learn more about Service Connector.
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