Create an intermediary EC2 Ubuntu instance
- In [https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds/home#databases:][databases], select the RDS/Aurora Postgres instance to migrate.
- Click
Actions>Set up EC2 connection. PressCreate EC2 instanceand use the following settings:- AMI: Ubuntu Server.
- Key pair: use an existing pair or create a new one that you will use to access the intermediary machine.
- VPC: by default, this is the same as the database instance.
- Configure Storage: adjust the volume to at least the size of RDS/Aurora Postgres instance you are migrating from. You can reduce the space used by your data on Tiger Cloud using [Hypercore][hypercore].
- Click
Lauch instance. AWS creates your EC2 instance, then clickConnect to instance>SSH client. Follow the instructions to create the connection to your intermediary EC2 instance.