Prerequisites
- Sign up for a Render account.
- After signing up, create a PostgreSQL database. Feel free to choose the Free Plan, but note that free databases will expire in 90 days and Render will delete them if not upgraded.
Procedure
Step 1 - Add Render database instance to Bytebase
Visit your Render dashboard and click on the database you created. We will need the connection details from this page.
- Database:
PostgreSQL
. - Instance Name: any name of your choosing, e.g.
render-db
. - Environment:
Prod
orTest
(select the environment you want to add the instance to). - Host or Socket: from your Render database page, copy the External Database URL to your text editor. The URL will look like
postgres://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database>
. Copy the<host>:<port>
part to the Host or Socket field. - Port: 5432 (Render uses the default PostgreSQL port of 5432 to connect)
- Username: copy the Username from your Render database page.
- Password: copy the Password from your Render database page.
- Database: copy the Database name from your Render database page.

Step 2 - Check if the database instance is properly imported
All databases should be synced properly. Expect some delay if the database instance is large.
