# Managed databases

> PostgreSQL you do not have to run.

Source: https://docs.dashfordevs.com/v1/cloud/databases · Topic: DashForDevs Cloud · Updated: 2026-11-07

1.  In **cloud.dashfordevs.com → Databases**, choose **Create database**.
    
2.  Name it, pick PostgreSQL's version, choose **shared** or **dedicated**, and optionally a project.
    
3.  Wait for **Ready** (a shared database takes seconds).
    
4.  Attach it to an app, or open **Connection details** to see the host, port, database, user and password.
    

## How credentials are kept

-   The password is **not stored in our database**. It lives in a secrets vault and is read only when a member with permission asks for the connection details; that request is recorded.
-   Databases accept connections only from trusted sources: the apps you attach them to, inside the private network.

## Shared and dedicated

A **shared** database is your own database and login on a tenant Postgres server shared with other customers' databases (never with the DashForDevs platform's own data). It is the cheapest way to start, and it is **never HIPAA**.

A **dedicated** database is its own server with its own encryption key, and is HIPAA eligible.