# Migrate quickly to separate web and data containers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-quickly-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/153355>\
**Category:** Sysadmins\
**Tags:** migrations, how-to, advanced-setup\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-quickly-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/153355 "2020-05-31T00:55:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-quickly-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/153355/24 "2022-11-05T08:11:35Z")

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If you have an existing database and redis (e.g., rds and elasticache, or created yourself some other way), the you don’t need to have your own.

Note that each discourse needs its own redis.

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