How to Schedule Automatic Software Updates for PostgreSQL Database Clusters
Customize the maintenance window for automatic software updates to your database cluster.
Manage PostgreSQL Clusters
Generated on 28 Aug 2026
PostgreSQL is an open source, object-relational database built for extensibility, data integrity, and speed. Its concurrency support makes it fully ACID-compliant, and it supports dynamic loading and catalog-driven operations to let users customize its data types, functions, and more.
How to Tag PostgreSQL Database Clusters
Organize PostgreSQL databases clusters with tags to group and filter databases or create monitoring alert policies for multiple databases at once.
How to Relocate Database Clusters
Change a cluster’s regional datacenter.
How to Configure Custom CNAME Records for PostgreSQL Clusters
Assign custom domain names to PostgreSQL Standard Edition clusters using the DigitalOcean API.
How to Fork a PostgreSQL Database Cluster
Fork a PostgreSQL database cluster to create a new cluster from a point in time or the latest transaction.
How to Manually Restore PostgreSQL Database Clusters from Backups
Recover from accidental data loss by manually restoring a PostgreSQL database cluster from backups.
How to Upgrade PostgreSQL to a New Version
Upgrade your PostgreSQL cluster to the latest supported version of PostgreSQL from the control panel.
How to Reconfigure PostgreSQL Database Clusters
Edit your database engine’s configuration and parameters via the CLI or API.
How to Migrate from Managed to Self-Managed PostgreSQL
Copy databases from a DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL cluster to a PostgreSQL instance you run.
How to Destroy PostgreSQL Database Clusters
Destroy a database cluster to permanently and irreversibly destroy the cluster, its contents, and its automated backups.