Answers: <p>Something like:</p>
  <pre><code>pg_isready --host=192.168.79.8 --username=test --port=5432
  </code></pre>
  <blockquote>
  <p>192.168.79.8:5432 - no response</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Another solutions is telnet:</p>
  <pre><code>telnet 192.168.79.8 5432
  </code></pre>
  <p>Which returns:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Trying 192.168.79.8...
  Connected to 192.168.79.8.
  Escape character is '^]'.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>If the database is accessible.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I whished there were a tool like ping for databases? I just want to ping the database and see if it is accessible from a remote server from Linux command line (bash).</p>
  <p>I read about telnet, but I am not sure how it works.</p>
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>
  
Tags: <postgresql>
Title: How to quickly test if postgres database is accessible?
UserDisplayName: Soerendip
ThreadText: # How to quickly test if postgres database is accessible?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-10-05)
  
  I whished there were a tool like ping for databases? I just want to ping the database and see if it is accessible from a remote server from Linux command line (bash).
  
  I read about telnet, but I am not sure how it works.
  
  Any suggestions?
  
  **Tags:** postgresql
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2021-10-05. Score: 9
  
  Something like:
  
  ```
  pg_isready --host=192.168.79.8 --username=test --port=5432
  
  ```
  
  > 192.168.79.8:5432 - no response
  
  Another solutions is telnet:
  
  ```
  telnet 192.168.79.8 5432
  
  ```
  
  Which returns:
  
  > Trying 192.168.79.8...
  > Connected to 192.168.79.8.
  > Escape character is '^]'.
  
  If the database is accessible.
  
  
  ---
  
  