## TL;DR

I'm encountering the following error message: "no pg_hba.conf entry for host '16.151.149.51', user 'analytics', database 'database', no encryption" I have confirmed that encryption is functioning properly, and I've also added the IP to the security groups.

## Steps

1. The 'no pg_hba.conf entry ... no encryption' error on RDS Postgres is an SSL mismatch, not a security group problem. Fix it with rds.force_ssl: create a new parameter group for your Postgres version, set rds.force_ssl to 0, attach the parameter group to the instance, and reboot. The client was connecting without SSL while the instance required it, which is why adding IPs to security groups changed nothing.

## When to use

You are seeing this: The 'no pg_hba.conf entry... no encryption' error on RDS Postgres is an SSL mismatch, not a security group problem. Use this skill when you run into "RDS while connection error: no pg_hba.conf entry for host".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

Versions mentioned in the source: 16.151.149.51. If you are on something much newer or older, the details may have shifted.

## Why this happens

The original report does not dig into a root cause. It documents the symptom and the fix that resolved it.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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    "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76899023/rds-while-connection-error-no-pg-hba-conf-entry-for-host"
  ]
}
```