Please first read how to use the Discovery Application.
Discover a PostgreSQL database
To discover a PostgreSQL database with the Discovery Application, please choose the following source system type:
Then, fill in the following information:
- Name: discovery name
- Example: PostgreSQL_dvdrental
- Server: host and port to connect to the database
- Example: localhost
- Database: database name
- Example: dvdrental
- Authentication Type: is Password Authentication
- Schema: schema name
- Example: public
- User: user who can connect to the database
- Example: postgres
- Password: password of the user
You can download an example of a discovery file here to start modeling, even if you don't have any access to this source system type.