If you already have a database at AWS, you can migrate any database type supported on Kinsta’s Database Hosting.

Export the Database From AWS

  1. Download and install the database client of your choice on your local machine. For this guide, we’re using TablePlus.
  2. In TablePlus, click Create a new connection, choose the database type, and click Create.

    Create a new database connection in TablePlus.
    Create a new database connection in TablePlus.
  3. Complete the connection settings in TablePlus with your database connection details from AWS. For more information, see these guides on connecting to an AWS database:
  1. Click Connect once you’ve filled in the following:
  1. Back up the AWS database.

Create a New Database at Kinsta

In MyKinsta, create a new database (Databases > Add database). If you are connecting the database to an application hosted at Kinsta, you must choose the same region for both your application and database.

Create a database in MyKinsta.
Create a database in MyKinsta.

Restore the Database at Kinsta

  1. Connect to your Kinsta database.
  2. Restore your AWS database backup to your Kinsta database.
  3. Once the restore finishes, the data is now in your Kinsta database. Use an internal connection to connect your database to an application hosted at Kinsta. To connect your database to an application hosted elsewhere, use your database’s external connection details.

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