import psycopg2
from sshtunnel import SSHTunnelForwarder



with SSHTunnelForwarder(
    ('159.203.11.90', 22),
    ssh_username="megan",
    ssh_password="***secret password***",
    remote_bind_address=('localhost', 5432)) as server:

    server.start()
    print "server connected"

    params = {
        'database': 'qar',
        'user': 'megan',
        'host': 'localhost',
        'port': server.local_bind_port,
        'password':"????"
        }


    conn = psycopg2.connect(**params)
    curs = conn.cursor()
    print "database connected"