Hi if the server goes down for some reason how to ensure tha

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Hi if the server goes down for some reason how to ensure that the data is persistent Because every time I close and start the server I loose the track of the previous runs and metrics in UI

Amanda Wee · Answer

You can have a separate persistent postgresql database that your prefect server connects to

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

Could you please share a link for the document which I can follow that would be of great help

Amanda Wee · Answer

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

Thanks

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

< Amanda Wee> hi tried this mounted the external volume in ec2 and started the server as mention in docs but still data is not persistent data is lost at server restart

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

prefect server start expose volume path prefect volume This is the command I used

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

< Anna Geller>

Anna Geller · Answer

< Gagan Singh Saluja> you can try ```prefect server start use volume expose```

Anna Geller · Answer

this will use the default volume in `~ prefect pg data`

Anna Geller · Answer

what Amanda was suggesting is a more robust solution using an external Postgres database e g you could deploy one on AWS or GCP

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

Thanks Is there any way to use a volume attached to ec2 < Anna Geller>

Anna Geller · Answer

you should not confuse a Docker volume with an EBS volume on AWS slightly smiling face we re talking about a Docker volume for a Postgres database data here

Anna Geller · Answer

or an external database that wouldn t need any Docker volume at all

Gagan Singh Saluja · Answer

Oh okay thanks a lot