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title: Integrate pgAdmin with Tiger Cloud | Tiger Data Docs
description: Query, visualize, and manage your database with an open-source administration tool
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[pgAdmin](https://www.pgadmin.org/) is a feature-rich open-source administration and development platform for PostgreSQL. It is available for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari browsers, or can be installed on Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, or various Linux flavors.

![pgAdmin connected to a Tiger Cloud service](/docs/_astro/timescale-cloud-pgadmin.CyQnfiAA_Z26BIfn.webp)

This page explains how to integrate pgAdmin with your Tiger Cloud service.

## Prerequisites

To follow the procedure on this page you need to:

- Create a [target Tiger Cloud service](/docs/get-started/quickstart/create-service/index.md).

  This procedure also works for [self-hosted TimescaleDB](/docs/get-started/choose-your-path/install-timescaledb/index.md).

* [Download](https://www.pgadmin.org/download/) and install pgAdmin.

## Connect pgAdmin to your service

To connect to Tiger Cloud:

1. **Start pgAdmin**

2. **In the `Quick Links` section of the `Dashboard` tab, click `Add New Server`**

3. **In `Register - Server` > `General`, fill in the `Name` and `Comments` fields with the server name and description, respectively**

4. **Configure the connection**

   1. In the `Connection` tab, configure the connection using your [connection details](/docs/integrate/find-connection-details/index.md).
   2. If you configured your service to connect using a [stricter SSL mode](/docs/deploy/tiger-cloud/tiger-cloud-aws/security/strict-ssl/index.md), then in the `SSL` tab check `Use SSL`, set `SSL mode` to the configured mode, and in the `CA Certificate` field type the location of the SSL root CA certificate to use.

5. **Click `Save`**

You have successfully integrated pgAdmin with Tiger Cloud.