# IP Whitelist - Connecting to external Postgres DB

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/ip-whitelist-connecting-to-external-postgres-db/41271>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 4, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/ip-whitelist-connecting-to-external-postgres-db/41271 "2021-01-04T17:29:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![info3025](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f07891/32.png) [@info3025](https://community.grafana.com/u/info3025)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/ip-whitelist-connecting-to-external-postgres-db/41271/1 "2021-01-04T17:29:45Z")

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I have to connect to an external Postgres db. How do I find the Grafana host IP so that I can whitelist it from my Postgres DB and allow read-only access?