Using Navicat to Connect to an Instance

Prerequisites

You have downloaded or bought Navicat Premium and installed it on the local PC.

Procedure

1. Start the Navicat Premium client and choose File > New Connection > Huawei Cloud > Huawei Cloud GaussDB Centralized or Huawei Cloud GaussDB Distributed.
   Figure 1 Creating a connection
   

2. In the New Connection window, enter the correct connection name, host, port, initial database, user name, and password.
   Figure 2 Setting information for connecting to a primary/standby instance
   
   Figure 3 Setting information for connecting to a distributed instance
   

   Table 1 Parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Connection Name	Use a name that is easy to identify.
   Host	Private IP address of the DB instance to be connected. To obtain the IP address, perform the following steps: Log in to the GaussDB management console. Select the region in which the target instance is located. Click the name of the target instance to enter the Basic Information page. In the Node List area, view the EIP of the instance. If no EIP is bound to the instance, bind one to the instance first. For details, see Binding an EIP.
   Port	Port of your DB instance specified during instance creation. The default port of a GaussDB instance is 8000.
   Initial Database	Name of the database to be connected. After a DB instance is created, a database named postgres is generated by default.
   User Name	Name of the user who will access the GaussDB instance. The default user is root.
   Password	Password of the user who will access the GaussDB instance.

3. Click Test Connection. If Connection Successful is displayed in the dialog box, the connection is normal. Click OK to close the dialog box.
4. Click OK. The connection is disabled by default after being created.
5. Right-click the connection name and choose Open Connection from the shortcut menu.
6. Right-click the database name and choose Open Database from the shortcut menu.