# Postgres already running

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-already-running/131128
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-already-running/131128 "2019-10-16T02:46:56Z")
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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: [October 16, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-already-running/131128/2 "2019-10-16T02:49:29Z")

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[Move from standalone container to separate web and data containers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413) will give you some hints on how to have a separate data container. See also the multisite #howto which describes creating multiple databases.

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