# Connect to your databases from your own computer

Open a temporary encrypted tunnel to a database in your project and use your favourite desktop client.

Canonical URL: https://unbroker.cloud/changelog/2026-08-01-database-tunnels
Published: 2026-08-01
Tags: Databases

## Related reading

- [Managed Databases](https://unbroker.cloud/managed-databases)
- [Connect Postgres](https://docs.unbroker.cloud/guides/connect-postgres)

Databases you create in a project stay private to it, and now you can still reach them from your laptop. Open the service's settings and use **External connection** to get a ready-to-run tunnel command. Your client then connects to `127.0.0.1` with the host, port and credentials the dashboard shows, in TablePlus or any similar tool.

Tunnels use short-lived authenticated tickets and only listen on your own machine.

```bash
ubctl apps databases tunnel <serviceId> --port 5432
```

Read more in [Connect to a database](https://docs.unbroker.cloud/databases/connect).