Hi , if the server goes down for some reason, how ...
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Gagan Singh Saluja
12/03/2021, 7:23 AMHi , 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
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Amanda Wee
12/03/2021, 7:39 AMYou can have a separate persistent postgresql database that your prefect server connects to.
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Gagan Singh Saluja
12/03/2021, 7:40 AMCould you please share a link for the document which I can follow, that would be of great help
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Amanda Wee
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Gagan Singh Saluja
12/03/2021, 7:43 AMThanks
Gagan Singh Saluja
12/08/2021, 3:24 PM@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
12/08/2021, 3:25 PMprefect server start —expose —volume-path /prefect_volume/
This is the command I used
Gagan Singh Saluja
12/08/2021, 3:46 PM@Anna Geller
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Anna Geller
12/08/2021, 3:49 PM
@Gagan Singh Saluja you can try:
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prefect server start --use-volume --exposeAnna Geller
12/08/2021, 3:50 PM
this will use the default volume in
~/.prefect/pg_dataAnna Geller
12/08/2021, 3:51 PM
what Amanda was suggesting is a more robust solution: using an external Postgres database, e.g. you could deploy one on AWS or GCP
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Gagan Singh Saluja
12/08/2021, 3:53 PMThanks, Is there any way to use a volume attached to ec2 @Anna Geller ?
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Anna Geller
12/08/2021, 3:55 PM
you should not confuse a Docker volume with an EBS volume on AWS 🙂 we’re talking about a Docker volume for a Postgres database data here
Anna Geller
12/08/2021, 3:55 PM
or: an external database that wouldn’t need any Docker volume at all
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Gagan Singh Saluja
12/08/2021, 3:57 PMOh , okay thanks a lot
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