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# Connect With flyctl

<Warning>
  **This page is archived.** Fly Postgres (unmanaged) is no longer maintained, and Fly.io Support is not able to provide support or guidance for it. We now offer [Fly.io Managed Postgres](/postgres), our fully-managed database service that handles all aspects of running production PostgreSQL databases.

  These pages are kept for reference and are not listed in the navigation. The full set is indexed on the [Fly Postgres (Unmanaged)](/unmanaged-postgres) page.
</Warning>

To connect to your Postgres database from outside your Fly organization, you need a WireGuard connection. However, flyctl on your local machine can connect using [user-mode WireGuard](https://fly.io/blog/our-user-mode-wireguard-year/) magic, without you having to set up your own WireGuard tunnel.

For a `psql` shell, you can just use the [`fly postgres connect`](/flyctl/cmd/fly_postgres_connect) command:

```bash theme={null}
fly postgres connect -a <postgres-app-name>
```

You can also forward the server port to your local system with [`fly proxy`](/flyctl/cmd/fly_proxy):

```bash theme={null}
fly proxy 5432 -a <postgres-app-name>
```

Then connect to your Postgres server at localhost:5432. Using `psql` again, as a trivial example, it would look like this:

```bash theme={null}
psql postgres://postgres:<password>@localhost:5432
```

If you already have something else listening on port 5432, you can run this instead:

```bash theme={null}
fly proxy 15432:5432 -a <postgres-app-name>
```

Then connect to localhost:15432.

As with all your Fly apps, you can get a root console on your app's VM using [fly ssh](/flyctl/cmd/fly_ssh).