diff --git a/app/db.js b/app/db.js
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+/**
+ * @file
+ * Configures the database connection
+ */
+
+const { Pool, Client } = require('pg');
+const url = require('url');
+const logger = require('./logger');
+//const connectionString = 'postgresql://wrenchboard:wrenchboard@10.10.10.23:5432/wrenchboard';
+const connectionString = process.env.POSTGRE_URL.replace(/'/g, '');
+const params = url.parse(connectionString);
+const auth = params.auth.split(':');
+const config = {
+    user: auth[0],
+    password: auth[1],
+    host: params.hostname,
+    port: params.port,
+    database: params.pathname.split('/')[1],
+    ssl: false
+};
+
+const postgres = new Pool(config);
+
+postgres.on('connect', client => {
+    logger.info('Connected to Database');
+});
+
+postgres.on('acquire', client => {
+    logger.info('Client is checked out from the DB connection pool');
+});
+
+postgres.on('remove', client => {
+    logger.info('Client is closed & removed from the DB connection pool');
+});
+
+postgres.on('error', (err, client) => {
+    logger.error(err);
+});
+
+// Connect to PostgreSQL
+postgres.connect((err, client, release) => {
+    logger.info(connectionString);
+    if (err) {
+        logger.error('Error acquiring client', err.stack);
+        return null;
+    }
+    client.query('SELECT NOW()', (err, result) => {
+        release();
+        if (err) {
+            logger.error('Error executing query', err.stack);
+            return nul;
+        }
+        logger.info(result.rows);
+    });
+});
+
+module.exports = postgres;
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diff --git a/app/logger.js b/app/logger.js
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+/**
+ * @file
+ * Defines logger for the microservice
+ */
+
+var winston = require('winston');
+var Papertrail = require('winston-papertrail').Papertrail;
+var serviceIdentifier = require('../package.json').name;
+
+var host = process.env.LOG_SERVICE_HOST;
+var port = process.env.LOG_SERVICE_PORT;
+
+/**
+ * Class to provide logging facilities for the microservice
+ * @constructor
+ */
+
+var Logger = function () {
+
+    // Try to route logs to third party service
+    if (host && port) {
+        // Define our transport
+        var transport = new Papertrail({
+            levels: {
+                debug: 0,
+                info: 1,
+                error: 3
+            },
+            colors: {
+                debug: 'blue',
+                info: 'green',
+                error: 'red'
+            },
+            host,
+            port,
+            json: true,
+            colorize: true,
+            logFormat: (level, message) => {
+                return `[${serviceIdentifier}] ${level} : ${message}`;
+            }
+        });
+
+        // Handle exceptions
+        transport.exceptionsLevel = 'error';
+        winston.handleExceptions(transport);
+    }
+
+    this.info = winston.info;
+    this.error = winston.error;
+    this.debug = winston.debug;
+};
+
+module.exports = new Logger();
+
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} Logger
+ * @property {function} info - Log in level `info`
+ * @property {function} error - Log in level `error`
+ * @property {function} debug - Log in level `debug`
+ */
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