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@@ -123,8 +123,14 @@ NAME                                 READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
 dspace-postgresql-1806947503-qw8q4   1/1       Running   0          46s
 ```
 
-When the container is  running, we can connect to it
+We have now launched the pod but we have to wait until the pod is up before accessing it
 ```console
 $ kubectl -n dspace-dev exec -it dspace-postgresql-1806947503-qw8q4 bash
 root@dspace-postgresql-1806947503-qw8q4:/#
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+Also, we can also test our PostgreSQL installation with a port forward
+```console
+$ kubectl -n dspace-dev port-forward dspace-postgresql-1806947503-qw8q4 5432:5432
+```
+now we are able to connect to localhost:5432