Both the below were ran on the Postgres Server. $ telnet 5432 Trying ... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused $ psql -h -U post_owner -d post_db psql: could not connect to server: Connection refused Is the server running on host "" and accepting TCP/IP connections on port 5432? Thanks, -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/How-to-add-hosts-to-pg-hba-conf-and-postgresql-conf-tp3708421p3709528.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general