Expose Postgres Database on an external port

[RayAtReplit]

I am running a Postgres database in a Repl (via psql) and want to access the database on the .repl.co domain.

To be more succinct, I want to expose a database I already have and available locally on port 5432 on an external port and have that forwarded by Replit. Port 3000 is already forwarded to port 80. Does anyone here know how to accomplish this/has done this before?

Ideally, I should be able to run the database in Repl and then connect via psql -h db.username. repl.co ....

[Firepup650]

From a post on AMC:

@9pfs

Repl:

1. Add pkgs.websocat to replit.nix.
2. Create a start shell script for your Repl that starts everything (only if you don’t have one already).
3. Map port 8099 inside the Repl to port 8099 outside using .replit:

[[ports]]
localPort=8099
externalPort=8099

4. After you start postgres, run websocat --binary ws-l:0.0.0.0:8099 tcp:127.0.0.1:5432 in your start script.
5. Connect locally.

Local end:

1. Download a websocat binary for your platform from @vi/websocat:github
2. Run /path/to/websocat-bin --binary tcp-l:127.0.39.57:5432 wss://db.username.repl.co:8099/ in a terminal.
3. Connect using psql -h 127.0.39.57.