The

docker-compose.yml

(in prefect/cli) that is ran upon

prefect server start

brings up a postgres instance. If I already had a postgres instance running, is it possible through the CLI to omit bringing up the postgres instance that is in the

docker-compose.yml

? Similar to

docker-compose up

.

Is the postgres instance you already have running the one that Prefect Core’s server is going to use? If not you can adjust the port for the postgres container so they don’t interfere with

--postgres-port

yeah that was kind of another question I had. Is it best practice for Prefect to have its own dedicated database instance?

As that process currently stands I would say yes (due to migrations against the db)

I see. Okay i'll do that. Thank you!