# Using a PGSQL database outside of Docker?

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**Created:** [24 בנובמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-a-pgsql-database-outside-of-docker/102679 "2018-11-24T19:33:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [25 בנובמבר,‏ 2018,‏ 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-a-pgsql-database-outside-of-docker/102679/4 "2018-11-25T23:15:33Z")

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> [@ylluminate](#):
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> I guess the followup would be: If one were to want to retain the data after moving to a separate database, what’s the process for that?

Take a backup before, restore after.

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