# Upgrade Postgres with REALLY limited space

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**Created:** [August 27, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-postgres-with-really-limited-space/201937 "2021-08-27T17:42:10Z")\
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Another easy way is to spin up a new server, migrate the data, and turn off the old one. If you must use the old one, do the upgrade on a temporary server, so a fresh install on the original server (which probably needs an OS upgrade) and move it back.

That’s safe, easy, and well documented. Hundreds of people have done that.

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