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# fly postgres import

Imports database from a specified Postgres URI

## Usage

```
fly postgres import <source-uri> [flags]
```

## Options

```
  -a, --app string       Application name
      --clean            Drop database objects prior to creating them.
  -c, --config string    Path to application configuration file
      --create           Begin by creating the database itself and reconnecting to it. If --clean is also specified, the script drops and recreates the target database before reconnecting to it. (default true)
      --data-only        Dump only the data, not the schema (data definitions).
  -h, --help             help for import
      --image string     Path to public image containing custom migration process
      --no-owner         Do not set ownership of objects to match the original database. Makes dump restorable by any user. (default true)
      --region string    Region to provision migration machine
      --vm-size string   the size of the VM
```

## Global Options

```
  -t, --access-token string   Fly API Access Token
      --debug                 Print additional logs and traces
      --verbose               Verbose output
```

## See Also

* [fly postgres](/flyctl/cmd/fly_postgres)	 - Unmanaged Postgres cluster commands