Hello, have a look at https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/auth-methods.html There are details about LDAP and GSSAPI. On 20.12.2017 20:42, Mike Feld wrote: > Is it possible to authenticate with Postgres from a standalone > application using gssapi? In other words, I am able to authenticate with > Postgres when a human has logged in to either Windows or Linux and > generated a ticket, but is it possible for say a Django site or Java > application running on some server somewhere to authenticate with > Postgres using gssapi? I realize that psycopg2 has a connection > parameter for “krbsrvname”, but how does it generate a ticket? Is this > the only alternative to secure authentication since Postgres does not > support secure ldap (ldaps)?