# Error when migrating to an external postgres instance

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**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-migrating-to-an-external-postgres-instance/291992 "2024-01-17T20:19:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-migrating-to-an-external-postgres-instance/291992/3 "2024-01-18T16:51:45Z")

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Yes to all three. It generates a new, blank site, connected to the correct database. The environment variables are set when I grep for them, and I can manually connect to the db from within the container.

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