IRC log of #novawebdev for Tuesday, 2026-06-02

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anthony_pwas playing around with trying to connect gnucash to a postgresql database hosted on mayfirst, and i have a successful workaround15:48
anthony_pcreating an ssh tunnel on the local machine enables an encrypted tunnel from local into the mayfirst network, allowing you to forward port 5432 requests between your local machine and the remote network15:49
anthony_pi successfully connected to it using the gnucash application, then used the psql cli locally to confirm that gnucash created the tables for an initial connection/setup15:51
anthony_pmy steps were as follows15:56
anthony_p1) log in to https://members.mayfirst.org/cp/index.php to enable ssh access15:56
anthony_p2) create tunnel in terminal: ssh -L 5432:psql002.mayfirst.cx:5432 aphillips@shell.mayfirst.org15:56
anthony_p3) start gnucash and open a postgresql database connection using Host:localhost | Database: nwd_gnucash | Username: nwd_gnucash | Password: *****15:56
anthony_pi also put these details in bitwarden16:00
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