I have a Java application that needs to connect to a remote PostgreSQL database over a VPN. Here is the relevant code:
Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
Connection con = null;
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://" + sqlHost + ":" + sqlPort + "/mydb", username, password);
This throws the error
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: FATAL: pg_hba.conf rejects connection for host "172.16.7.5", user "xxxxx", database "xxxxx", SSL off
The Host IP address in sqlHost is actually 192.168.12.55, but if you notice the error message says that it is connecting to host 172.16.7.5 (which is the IP address assigned by the VPN).
I am able to connect to this PostgreSQL database using the exact same connection parameters on the exact same VPN using PGAdmin and using Python's psocopg2 module. Here is the equivalent Python code:
conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname=mydb user="+username+" password="+password+" host="+sqlHost+" port="+sqlPort)
Why in the world is only Java having problems with this? Since the connection works over PGAdmin and Python, I assume there is some setting in Java that I am using incorrectly, but I can't find anything.
EDIT: After reading into PostgreSQL docs a little more, I found that the issue with it listing the wrong hostname is not part of the issue but rather just the way PostgreSQL sees my computer over the VPN. Problem is still not solved, however.