Databases how-to guides

Procedures for running a relational engine on Compute and Block Storage.

Deploy a database#

• Deploy the self-managed PostgreSQL template with OpenTofu
• Deploy the MySQL/MariaDB database template with OpenTofu
• Self-Managed PostgreSQL template reference
• MySQL/MariaDB Database template reference

Operate PostgreSQL#

• How to restore PostgreSQL from a self-managed-postgres backup
• How to emulate a branchable Postgres workflow

Supporting procedures#

The instance, volume, and network operations a database depends on live with their own services: Compute how-to guides for instance lifecycle and Docker Compose, Block storage how-to guides for volume snapshots and capacity, and Network how-to guides for security group rules and bastion access. To copy dumps off the database volume, see Back up to Quake AI object storage.