# Switching to another Redis instance?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-to-another-redis-instance/128065
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 9, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-to-another-redis-instance/128065 "2019-09-09T17:05:02Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/switching-to-another-redis-instance/128065/4 "2019-09-09T17:34:09Z")

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> [@Vencent](#):
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> What’s the recommended way to build in a Kubernetes environment?

We provide standard ways to connect to databases outside the application container, like [Configure Discourse to use a separate PostgreSQL server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-with-a-separate-postgresql-server/46375). The details of networking on those advanced setups are up to you, since it will be wildly different depending on your implementation.

We already gives a dead simple install for everyone on [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) that works and power thousands of instances in the internet. I’m afraid that those who opt into following their own path will have to deal with the consequences as it is impossible for us to provide support for all the possible combinations.

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