How to SSH tunnel and connect to a database using IntelliJ and JDBC?

Question

I\'m having issues connecting to a database hosted on a server using IntelliJ and JDBC. With the command line, the command:

ssh username@server -L 11100:ct1:2801         


        

Answer 1

Here's my setup via intellij if anyone is looking for simple solution without external libraries.

1. Open Database view (View -> Tool Windows -> Database).
2. Add new DataSource (right-click, New -> Data Source -> Postgres/Mysql). In host, use 127.0.0.1 (not localhost, sometimes localhost is not properly resolved).
3. Fill in rest of the fields as configured on your remote host.

Now click on SSH/SSL tab and configure ssl tunnel: