Question
How to save all data from database cluster before destroy database?
- Posted on May 25, 2022
- DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL DatabaseDatabases
Asked by EatingNavySnorkler
I want to save data from my digital ocean’s database before destroy the database cluster. How to save all data ?
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Hello,
In addition to what has already been mentioned, you can follow the steps from the official documentation here too:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/postgresql/how-to/import-databases/#export-an-existing-database
Best,
Bobby
Hi @eatingnavysnorkler,
You should be able to manage this by dumping your data into a file. Afterward, you can just import this data into any instance you want.
To do that, you can run something like