# Ecto connection error with gcloud postgres instance

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/ecto-connection-error-with-gcloud-postgres-instance/54310>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** ecto, phoenix, google-cloud\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/ecto-connection-error-with-gcloud-postgres-instance/54310 "2023-03-03T13:00:58Z")\
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Is your app and you db on the same instance? You probably want to try to internal IP in that case assuming they are at different addresses.

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