--- title: Migrating AWS RDS Postgre Instance with Python | daily.dev description: Learn how to migrate AWS RDS Postgres database instances with Python. Reduce allocated storage, restore from backup, and automate the process using boto3. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-aws-rds-postgre-instance-with-python-oca15yvsb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Migrating AWS RDS Postgre Instance with Python | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to migrate AWS RDS Postgres database instances with Python. 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Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@budosen** · 0 upvotes > interesting, i assume this one should work with moving from rds to ec2 instance right? and it's clever way. but maybe adding additional checking for indexes or key will do much help. because that two things can take more time to be fully imported --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#aws-rds](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-rds), [#boto3](https://daily.dev/tags/boto3) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-aws-rds-postgre-instance-with-python-oca15yvsb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Migrating AWS RDS Postgre Instance with Python","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-aws-rds-postgre-instance-with-python-oca15yvsb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/migrating-aws-rds-postgre-instance-with-python-oca15yvsb"},"datePublished":"2024-04-08T19:09:45.826Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:20:02.615Z","description":"Learn how to migrate AWS RDS Postgres database instances with Python. 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