From 1d2fb0091f8d23f07e7c1900d19b0ebeb1ec6249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henning Jacobs <henning@jacobs1.de>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 18:09:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] how to connect via psql (#15)

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 README.md | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 934ac269d..3d2c01b39 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,17 @@ permissions there).
 ### Create a new spilo cluster
 
     $ kubectl --context minikube  create -f manifests/testpostgresql.yaml
-    
+
 ### Watch Pods being created
 
     $ kubectl --context minikube  get pods -w --show-labels
+
+### Connect to PostgreSQL
+
+We can use the generated secret of the `postgres` robot user to connect to our `acid-testcluster` master running in Minikube:
+
+    $ export HOST_PORT=$(minikube service acid-testcluster --url | sed 's,.*/,,')
+    $ export PGHOST=$(echo $HOST_PORT | cut -d: -f 1)
+    $ export PGPORT=$(echo $HOST_PORT | cut -d: -f 2)
+    $ export PGPASSWORD=$(kubectl --context minikube get secret postgres.acid-testcluster.credentials.postgresql.acid.zalan.do -o 'jsonpath={.data.password}' | base64 -d)
+    $ psql -U postgres