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Relocating a database cluster changes which DigitalOcean datacenter hosts it. We recommend hosting your DigitalOcean resources in the same datacenter. This minimizes the latency in connections between them and helps improve performance.

Relocate a Database Cluster Using Automation

You can relocate a database cluster using the DigitalOcean CLI (doctl) or the API.

Relocate a Database Cluster via CLI

Relocate a Database Cluster via API

curl -X PUT \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"region":"lon1"}' \
  "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/databases/9cc10173-e9ea-4176-9dbc-a4cee4c4ff30/migrate"

import (
    "context"
    "os"

    "github.com/digitalocean/godo"
)

func main() {
    token := os.Getenv("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN")

    client := godo.NewFromToken(token)
    ctx := context.TODO()

    migrateRequest := &godo.DatabaseMigrateRequest{
        Region: "lon1",
    }

    _, err := client.Databases.Migrate(ctx, "9cc10173-e9ea-4176-9dbc-a4cee4c4ff30", migrateRequest)
}

import os
from pydo import Client

client = Client(token=os.environ.get("DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN"))

req = {
  "region": "lon1"
}

update_resp = client.databases.update_region(database_cluster_uuid="a7a8bas", body=req)

Relocate a Database Cluster using the Control Panel

To relocate a database cluster from the control panel, select your database cluster from the Databases page. Click the name of the cluster to go to its Overview page, then click the Settings tab.

On the Settings page, in the Cluster datacenter section, click Edit. Select the region and datacenter to which you want to relocate your cluster.

Click Save to begin the relocation process. The time to complete the relocation varies depending on the size of the cluster and its data.