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I wanted to create a replicate of my production database for staging and created the staging DB instance from a production snapshot. However, this new instance still has the Database Name: "production-database". I was able to rename the database on PSQl to "staging-databse," but this is not reflected in the AWS Console. I'm afraid that future developers will be very confused, and was wonderign how to rename the "Database Name" on AWS?

Kamilski81
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    I'd recommend not using automatic database creation from console. It's better to login just after creating to a standard `postgres` database and use `create database dbname`. This won't help you in this issue though. – Tometzky Mar 29 '17 at 17:50
  • How do you login though? If DB is private and not accessible from outside of VPC – mvmn Apr 30 '22 at 22:55
  • This is latest, but check if your db instance is eligible for what you are trying to achieve using Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/blue-green-deployments-overview.html – navule Mar 03 '23 at 13:19

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Not immediately obvious - when creating a new db expand the Additional Configuration card to create an initial db name

Addtional Configuration

nakulthebuilder
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Don't use the default database option. All it does is create a custom-named database by default. There may be uses for it, but I never use it, because it seems to serve no purpose at all other than to specify what the database that's created by default (when the instance is first created) will be named.

Database Name

If you want to specify a database name for the default database, type a name for your database of up to 63 alpha-numeric characters. If you do not provide a name, the default "postgres" database is created.

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_CreatePostgreSQLInstance.html

I assume this is intended to be a convenience for new RDS users, but to me, it seems unnecessary. It has no apparent impact on ongoing operation of the instance, which can, of course, have multiple independent databases on it.

This apparently can't subsequently be changed, so it's more of an annoyance than anything. I always leave this blank.

Michael - sqlbot
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    so what is the default database name then? I forgot what I set mine too and RDS panel won't let me see it. – chovy Nov 12 '18 at 02:11
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    Log into the actual database instance you created. If you didn't specify one, there should be one called "postgres" but you can create whatever you want, once you've logged in. – Michael - sqlbot Nov 12 '18 at 03:08
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    I found the DB name in the Configuration tab of my database cluster in the web console. – Ryan R Jan 05 '19 at 08:11
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    I don't see any DB name in the config tab. – Adam Grant Feb 26 '19 at 19:35
  • Has anyone seen it? still cant find it neither @RyanR in the config I cant even see cluster – Manza Jul 06 '21 at 01:48
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I created a new free tier instance for small scale testing and this is the DB name I see in my configuration:

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I looked everywhere, but could not figure out what my database name is or how to create an initial database. Turns out the database name is postgres. It's also worth noting that I kept the default username, so in this case the username and database name are the same. If you changed the default username and postgres isn't working, maybe try using your username as your database name.

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  • Great point about the free tier. It looks like you may not have an option to change the name. The line shown in @nakulthebuilder's answer doesn't exist for my free tier db. – Jessime Kirk Jun 20 '23 at 23:51
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look on the configuration tab of the writer.

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