# Migrating from External to Managed Database

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/migrating-from-external-to-managed-database/7553>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** migration, awx, postgresql\
**Created:** [July 30, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/migrating-from-external-to-managed-database/7553 "2024-07-30T12:20:53Z")\
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Two related questions, for an awx-operator cluster:

1. Is there any way to migrate a database from an external database to an internally/operator managed database and pod?
2. Is there a way to regenerate the secret key if it was leaked, one way or another?

Currently using awx-operator 2.19.1