Click `Test Database Connection` to see if the connection can be established or not.
<alerttype="success">
Tip 1: You can click Edit Connection JSON and modify SSL settings in "ssl".
</alert>
> NocoDB create's a new **empty database** with specified parameters, if the database doesn't exist.
```json
{
"client": "pg",
"connection": {
"host": "<YOUR_HOST>",
"port": "5432",
"user": "<YOUR_DB_USER>",
"password": "<YOUR_DB_PASSWORD>",
"database": "<YOUR_DB_NAME>",
"ssl": {
"require": true,
"rejectUnauthorized": false,
"sslMode": "no-verify"
}
}
}
```
<alerttype="success">
Tip 2: You can click Edit Connection JSON and specify the schema you want to use in "searchPath".
</alert>
### Creating project from Excel
```json
{
"client": "pg",
"connection": {
...
},
"searchPath": [ "<YOUR_TARGET_SCHEMA>" ]
}
```
Click `Create Project from Excel`, you can either upload/ drag and drop Excel file (OR) specify Excel file URL
Click `Test Database Connection` to see if the connection can be established or not. NocoDB create's a new **empty database** with specified parameters, if the database doesn't exist.