diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..098bf8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+module github.com/Helgart/stock-persistence
+
+go 1.22.1
+
+require (
+	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2
+	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bcb6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2 h1:OcvFkGmslmlZibjAjaHm3L//6LiuBgolP7OputlJIzU=
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2/go.mod h1:88MAG/4G7SMwSE3CeA0ZKzrT5CiOU3OJ+JlNzwDqpNU=
+github.com/kisielk/sqlstruct v0.0.0-20201105191214-5f3e10d3ab46/go.mod h1:yyMNCyc/Ib3bDTKd379tNMpB/7/H5TjM2Y9QJ5THLbE=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
+github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
diff --git a/infrastructure/database/connection.go b/infrastructure/database/connection.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6d3804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/database/connection.go
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// connexionErrorMessage represents the error message format for a database connection error.
+const connexionErrorMessage = "Database connexion error (%s@%s:%d/%s) : %s"
+
+// Database is a type that represents a database connection.
+type Database struct {
+	connexion *sql.DB
+}
+
+// DatabaseParameters represents the parameters used to establish a database connection.
+type DatabaseParameters struct {
+	Host     string
+	Port     uint
+	User     string
+	Password string
+	Name     string
+}
+
+// ConnexionError represents an error that occurred during database connection.
+type ConnexionError struct {
+	PreviousError      error
+	PsqlInfo           string
+	DatabaseParameters DatabaseParameters
+}
+
+// Error returns the error message representation of a ConnexionError.
+func (connexionError ConnexionError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		connexionErrorMessage,
+		connexionError.DatabaseParameters.User,
+		connexionError.DatabaseParameters.Host,
+		connexionError.DatabaseParameters.Port,
+		connexionError.DatabaseParameters.Name,
+		connexionError.PreviousError.Error(),
+	)
+}
+
+// NewDatabase creates a new Database struct with the provided connection.
+// It takes a pointer to sql.DB and returns a Database instance.
+func NewDatabase(connexion *sql.DB) Database {
+	return Database{connexion: connexion}
+}
+
+// Ping pings the database to check its availability.
+// It returns an error if the ping fails.
+func (database *Database) Ping() error {
+	err := database.connexion.Ping()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/database/connection_test.go b/infrastructure/database/connection_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8b1e08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/database/connection_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	sqlmock "github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"
+)
+
+func TestDatabase_Ping(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		setup   func(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock)
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Success",
+			setup: func(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
+				mock.ExpectPing().WillReturnError(nil)
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Failure",
+			setup: func(mock sqlmock.Sqlmock) {
+				mock.ExpectPing().WillReturnError(sql.ErrConnDone)
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			db, mock, err := sqlmock.New(sqlmock.MonitorPingsOption(true))
+
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("an error '%s' was not expected when opening a stub database connection", err)
+			}
+
+			tt.setup(mock)
+
+			database := NewDatabase(db)
+
+			if err := database.Ping(); (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("Database.Ping() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+			}
+
+			if err := mock.ExpectationsWereMet(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Database.Ping() there were unfulfilled expectations: %s", err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConnexionError_Error(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		err  ConnexionError
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Error Message",
+			err: ConnexionError{
+				PreviousError:      fmt.Errorf("previousError"),
+				PsqlInfo:           "psqlInfo",
+				DatabaseParameters: DatabaseParameters{User: "user", Host: "host", Port: 9999, Name: "name"},
+			},
+			want: fmt.Sprintf(connexionErrorMessage, "user", "host", 9999, "name", "previousError"),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := tt.err.Error(); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("ConnexionError.Error() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/database/postgres/connection.go b/infrastructure/database/postgres/connection.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..baf75a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/database/postgres/connection.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package postgres
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/Helgart/stock-persistence/infrastructure/database"
+
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+)
+
+const infoFormat = "host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable"
+const driver = "postgres"
+
+func NewDatabase(databaseParameters database.DatabaseParameters) (database.Database, error) {
+	psqlInfo := fmt.Sprintf(
+		infoFormat,
+		databaseParameters.Host,
+		databaseParameters.Port,
+		databaseParameters.User,
+		databaseParameters.Password,
+		databaseParameters.Name,
+	)
+
+	connexion, err := sql.Open(driver, psqlInfo)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return database.Database{}, database.ConnexionError{
+			PreviousError:      err,
+			PsqlInfo:           psqlInfo,
+			DatabaseParameters: databaseParameters,
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := connexion.Ping(); err != nil {
+		return database.Database{}, database.ConnexionError{
+			PreviousError:      err,
+			PsqlInfo:           psqlInfo,
+			DatabaseParameters: databaseParameters,
+		}
+	}
+
+	return database.NewDatabase(connexion), nil
+}