Migrate from Postgres to Lantern Cloud

This guide assumes that you are currently using Postgres without pgvector. If you are using pgvector, please reference this guide instead. A few options are available for migrating from Postgres to Lantern Cloud.

Steps (bash)

We'll use the pg_dump and psql utilities to migrate the data. These utilities are available on Linux, Mac, and Windows by downloading Postgres.

  1. Create a Lantern Cloud database

    Sign up for Lantern Cloud and create a database. Obtain a database URL. We'll call this LANTERN_DATABASE_URL.

  2. Backup the old database using pg_dump

    Use the pg_dump utility to create a database backup. We assume below that your old database URL is stored in the environment variable OLD_DATABASE_URL.

    bash

    pg_dump $OLD_DATABASE_URL > backup.sql

  3. (Optional) Stop the old database

    You may want to disable the old database at this time, to prevent missing data.

  4. Transfer the data to Lantern Cloud database using psql

    sql

    psql $LANTERN_DATABASE_URL < backup.sql

  5. Use the new database

    Update any applications, scripts, or services to point to the new database. You're done!

Steps (TablePlus)

TablePlus is a GUI for managing databases. It is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

  1. Create a Lantern Cloud database

    Sign up for Lantern Cloud and create a database.

  2. Backup the old database

    Add the old database to TablePlus. Export the database to a CSV, JSON or SQL file using steps defined here

  3. (Optional) Stop the old database

    You may want to disable the old database at this time, to prevent missing data.

  4. Transfer the data to Lantern Cloud database

    Add the Lantern Cloud database to TablePlus. Import the data using steps defined here

  5. Use the new database

    Update any applications, scripts, or services to point to the new database. You're done!

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