How to Create a PostgreSQL Vector Database Cluster
Create a PostgreSQL vector database cluster, add trusted sources, and configure connection details.
DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL Vector How-Tos
Generated on 17 Jul 2026
DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL for vector search uses the same managed PostgreSQL engine available under Managed Databases, with the pgvector and pgvectorscale extensions for storing and querying vector embeddings alongside relational data.
Getting Started
How to Enable pgvector
Enable pgvector on DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL and create a table for embeddings.
Index Management
How to Create a Vector Index
Create and configure vector indexes for PostgreSQL vector search.
How to Update and Delete Vectors
Update or delete rows with vector embeddings in PostgreSQL.
How to Index Vectors
Add single rows or bulk datasets with vector embeddings to PostgreSQL.
Model Integrations
How to Generate and Load Embeddings
Generate embeddings in your application and insert them into PostgreSQL vector columns.
Query Operations
How to Query with Vector Search
Run similarity, filtered, exact, and reranked vector queries against PostgreSQL vector tables.
How to Query with Hybrid Search
Query PostgreSQL with hybrid search to combine full-text and vector relevance.
How to Use pgvectorscale with PostgreSQL Vector Search
Enable pgvectorscale, create a StreamingDiskANN index, and tune disk-resident vector search on DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL.