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```button
name Save
type command
action Save current file
id Save
```
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# How to migrate your Nextcloud database-backend from MySQL/MariaDB to PostgreSQL

From the early beginnings, I used MySQL and — later — MariaDB as my database of choice.
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Backing my Nextcloud-installation as a standard database, MariaDB is a versatile, accessible and renowned product. Anyway, over the years I began to play around with PostgreSQL for…