Server closes connection unexpectedly when connecting to Azure Postgres - postgresql

Question

I'm trying to connect to Azure Postgresql using psql from my local machine and get the following error:
$ psql "host=username.postgres.database.azure.com port=5432 dbname=postgres user=username#domain password=mypassword sslmode=require"
psql: error: could not connect to server: server closed the connection unexpectedly
This probably means the server terminated abnormally
before or while processing the request.
Local Postgres version: 12.1, Azure Postgres database version: 10, macOS Majove.
This issue only recently started after I reinstalled Postgres using Homebrew. I have no issues running $ psql --host=localhost.
I've tried installing postgresql#10 with homebrew so that when I run psql I get the message psql (12.1, server 10.11). But when I attempt to log into Azure Postgres I get the same error as above.
I'm fairly new to Postgres and Azure and would appreciate any suggestions.
Update:
Thanks for the comments and feedback.
I properly installed Postgres 10 with Homebrew and linked it to fix the problem.
$ brew services stop postgresql
$ brew install postgresql#10
$ brew services start postgresql#10
$ brew link --overwrite --force postgresql#10
I can now access the Azure database as expected.

Answer 1

In this case, you could install the PostgreSQL Client for macOS with Homebrew properly then link it as it will symlink all the tools into the /usr/local/bin directory.
To fix this issue, run the following commands:
$ brew services stop postgresql
$ brew install postgresql#10
$ brew services start postgresql#10
$ brew link --overwrite --force postgresql#10
Ref: https://www.compose.com/articles/postgresql-tips-installing-the-postgresql-client/