https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-move-a-postgresql-data-directory-to-a-new-location-on-ubuntu-18-04 copy the data `sudo rsync -av /var/lib/postgresql /target_dir` rename original as a backup `sudo mv /var/lib/postgresql/10/main /var/lib/postgresql/10/main.bak` point postgres to the new data directory `sudo vim //etc/postgresql/14/main/postgres.conf` ` data_directory = '/mnt/volume_nyc1_01/postgresql/10/main'` remove the old data `sudo rm -Rf /var/lib/postgresql/10/main.bak`