Allow the PostgreSQL provider to talk to a non-default database.

builtin/providers/postgresql/config.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 type Config struct {
 	Host            string
 	Port            int
+	Database        string
 	Username        string
 	Password        string
 	SslMode         string
@@ -27,12 +28,14 @@ type Client struct {
 
 // NewClient returns new client config
 func (c *Config) NewClient() (*Client, error) {
-	const dsnFmt = "host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s sslmode=%s fallback_application_name=%s connect_timeout=%d"
+	// NOTE: dbname must come before user otherwise dbname will be set to
+	// user.
+	const dsnFmt = "host=%s port=%d dbname=%s user=%s password=%s sslmode=%s fallback_application_name=%s connect_timeout=%d"
 
-	logDSN := fmt.Sprintf(dsnFmt, c.Host, c.Port, c.Username, "<redacted>", c.SSLMode, c.ApplicationName)
+	logDSN := fmt.Sprintf(dsnFmt, c.Host, c.Port, c.Database, c.Username, "<redacted>", c.SSLMode, c.ApplicationName)
 	log.Printf("[INFO] PostgreSQL DSN: `%s`", logDSN)
 
-	connStr := fmt.Sprintf(dsnFmt, c.Host, c.Port, c.Username, c.Password, c.SSLMode, c.ApplicationName, c.Timeout)
+	connStr := fmt.Sprintf(dsnFmt, c.Host, c.Port, c.Database, c.Username, c.Password, c.SSLMode, c.ApplicationName, c.Timeout)
 	client := Client{
 		connStr:  connStr,
 		username: c.Username,

builtin/providers/postgresql/provider.go

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("PGPORT", 5432),
 				Description: "The PostgreSQL port number to connect to at the server host, or socket file name extension for Unix-domain connections",
 			},
+			"database": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:    true,
+				Description: "The name of the database to connect to in order to conenct to (defaults to `postgres`).",
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("PGDATABASE", "postgres"),
+			},
 			"username": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -69,6 +75,7 @@ func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
 	config := Config{
 		Host:            d.Get("host").(string),
 		Port:            d.Get("port").(int),
+		Database:        d.Get("database").(string),
 		Username:        d.Get("username").(string),
 		Password:        d.Get("password").(string),
 		Timeout:         d.Get("connect_timeout").(int),

website/source/docs/providers/postgresql/index.html.markdown

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
 provider "postgresql" {
   host = "postgres_server_ip"
   port = 5432
+  database = "postgres"
   username = "postgres_user"
   password = "postgres_password"
   ssl_mode = "require"
@@ -61,9 +62,10 @@ The following arguments are supported:
 
 * `host` - (Required) The address for the postgresql server connection.
 * `port` - (Optional) The port for the postgresql server connection. The default is `5432`.
+* `database` - (Optional) Database to connect to. The default is `postgres`.
 * `username` - (Required) Username for the server connection.
 * `password` - (Optional) Password for the server connection.
-* `ssl_mode` - (Optional) Set the priority for an SSL connection to the server.
+* `sslmode` - (Optional) Set the priority for an SSL connection to the server.
 * `connect_timeout` - (Optional) Maximum wait for connection, in seconds. Zero means wait indefinitely, the default is `15`.
   The default is `prefer`; the full set of options and their implications
   can be seen [in the libpq SSL guide](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/libpq-ssl.html#LIBPQ-SSL-PROTECTION).