Connecting to RDS Postgres from remote machine

Question

I have configured an RDS Postgres micro instance for testing but am having problem connecting. I have created a security group and allow all hosts (0.0.0.0/0) by default to

Answer 1

I had this problem. This isn't a direct solution but might work for some. I set the Postgres security group to accept connections coming from the server that will be using it (same VPC). I then set up my Postgres client to use ssh tunneling. If I need to use the command line, I simply SSH into that server and then psql from there.