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2 // Supabase

Create an Account

Visit the Supabase sign-up page to create an account. Signing in with GitHub is the easiest method.

Retrieve PostgreSQL Connection String

  1. Create an organization.
  2. Provide an organization name.
  3. Type of organization can be Personal.
  4. Free plan is enough.
  5. Click Create.
  6. Create a new project.
  7. Provide a project name.
  8. Create or generate a database password.
  9. Select the best region closest to users.
  10. The Security Options and Advanced Configuration options can be left to default.
  11. Click Create.
  12. On the Project Overview page, in the top part of the page, click on Connect.
  13. Under the Connection String section, change the Method dropdown to Transaction Pooler.
  14. The connection string will be provided in the following format: 
    postgresql://postgres.[USERNAME]:[YOUR-PASSWORD]@aws-0-us-east-2.pooler.supabase.com:6543/postgres
  15. Note the connection string for later instructions such as creating a secret of the string in AWS Secrets Manager1.

  1. Used in section: 3. AWS // Secrets Manager. ↩