Do I need a client gui like pgAdmin4 to access an AWS RDS postgreSQL instance or is there a way I can access it via command line?

Question

Is there a way to access an AWS RDS PostgreSQL instance via command line ( psql )?

Or is it necessary to use a GUI client like pgAdmin to connect to the database?

Answer 1

You could use a SQL client like DBeaver or you could use the command line tool “psql”. If you're accessing a private RDS instance, you might have to likely use a bastion host to connect from outside the VPC.