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title: Database Access
description: Teleport Database Access introduction, demo and resources.
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Teleport can provide secure connections to your databases while improving both
access control and visibility.

Some of the things you can do with Database Access:

- Enable users to retrieve short-lived database certificates using a Single Sign-On
  flow, thus maintaining their organization-wide identity.
- Configure role-based access controls for databases and implement custom
  [Access Request](../access-controls/access-requests.mdx) workflows.
- Capture database activity in the Teleport audit log.

## Demo

Let's connect to a PostgreSQL server with `psql` and pgAdmin 4 after authenticating
with GitHub, execute a few SQL queries and observe them in the audit log:

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## Getting started

- [Getting started](./getting-started.mdx): Connect Aurora PostgreSQL in a 10
  minute guide.

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## Resources

To learn more about configuring role-based access control for Database Access,
check out the [RBAC](./rbac.mdx) section.

The [Architecture](./architecture.mdx) section provides a more in-depth look at
Database Access internals such as networking and security.

See [Reference](./reference.mdx) for an overview of
Database Access-related configuration and CLI commands.

If you hit any issues, check out the [Troubleshooting
documentation](./troubleshooting.mdx) for common problems and solutions.

## FAQ

Finally, check out [Frequently Asked Questions](./faq.mdx).