diff --git a/docs/release-notes/artifacts/pr0413.yaml b/docs/release-notes/artifacts/pr0413.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd9096d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/release-notes/artifacts/pr0413.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version_schema: 2
+
+changes:
+  - title: Switched haproxy-route-policy database backend to PostgreSQL
+    author: tphan025
+    type: minor
+    description: >
+      Changed the default database backend from SQLite to PostgreSQL with
+      environment-variable-based configuration for host, port, user, password,
+      and database name. Added psycopg2-binary as a project dependency.
+    urls:
+      pr:
+        - https://github.com/canonical/haproxy-operator/pull/413
+      related_doc:
+      related_issue:
+    visibility: public
+    highlight: false
diff --git a/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/settings.py b/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/settings.py
index 0ef69592..05b70ee7 100644
--- a/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/settings.py
+++ b/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/settings.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
 import json
+import psycopg2.extensions
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -76,9 +77,16 @@
 
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": BASE_DIR / "db.sqlite3",
-    }
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
+        "PASSWORD": os.getenv("DJANGO_DATABASE_PASSWORD", ""),
+        "HOST": os.getenv("DJANGO_DATABASE_HOST", "localhost"),
+        "PORT": os.getenv("DJANGO_DATABASE_PORT", 5432),
+        "USER": os.getenv("DJANGO_DATABASE_USER", "postgres"),
+        "NAME": os.getenv("DJANGO_DATABASE_NAME", "postgres"),
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "isolation_level": psycopg2.extensions.ISOLATION_LEVEL_SERIALIZABLE,
+        },
+    },
 }
 
 
diff --git a/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/urls.py b/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/urls.py
index 0fb11c0d..711c78c6 100644
--- a/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/urls.py
+++ b/haproxy-route-policy/haproxy_route_policy/urls.py
@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@
 
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path
+from rest_framework_simplejwt.views import (
+    TokenObtainPairView,
+    TokenRefreshView,
+    TokenVerifyView,
+)
 
 from policy import urls as policy_urls
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("api/token/", TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name="token_obtain_pair"),
+    path("api/token/refresh/", TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name="token_refresh"),
+    path("api/token/verify/", TokenVerifyView.as_view(), name="token_verify"),
     path("", include(policy_urls)),
 ]
diff --git a/haproxy-route-policy/pyproject.toml b/haproxy-route-policy/pyproject.toml
index ad337e6a..886b7f29 100644
--- a/haproxy-route-policy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/haproxy-route-policy/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "django>=6.0.3",
     "djangorestframework>=3.16.1",
     "djangorestframework-simplejwt>=5.5.1",
+    "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.11",
     "validators>=0.35.0",
     "whitenoise>=6.12.0",
 ]
diff --git a/haproxy-route-policy/uv.lock b/haproxy-route-policy/uv.lock
index 45b26319..924df501 100644
--- a/haproxy-route-policy/uv.lock
+++ b/haproxy-route-policy/uv.lock
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "django" },
     { name = "djangorestframework" },
     { name = "djangorestframework-simplejwt" },
+    { name = "psycopg2-binary" },
     { name = "validators" },
     { name = "whitenoise" },
 ]
@@ -271,6 +272,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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     { name = "djangorestframework", specifier = ">=3.16.1" },
     { name = "djangorestframework-simplejwt", specifier = ">=5.5.1" },
+    { name = "psycopg2-binary", specifier = ">=2.9.11" },
     { name = "validators", specifier = ">=0.35.0" },
     { name = "whitenoise", specifier = ">=6.12.0" },
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