Managing Sharded PostgreSQL shards
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Updated at July 15, 2025
Note
The service is at the Preview stage.
Creating a shard
Yandex Managed Service for PostgreSQL shards are based on existing Managed Service for PostgreSQL clusters residing in the same folder and cloud network as the Sharded PostgreSQL cluster.
Management console
- Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Yandex Managed Service for Sharded PostgreSQL.
- Click the cluster name and open the Shards tab.
- Click Create shard.
- Specify a shard name and select the PostgreSQL cluster whose hosts will serve as data hosts in the Sharded PostgreSQL cluster.
- Click Create.
Deleting a shard
Deleting a Sharded PostgreSQL shard does not affect the Managed Service for PostgreSQL cluster.
Management console
- Navigate to the folder dashboard and select Yandex Managed Service for Sharded PostgreSQL.
- Click the cluster name and open the Shards tab.
- Click the icon in the shard row and select Delete.
- In the window that opens, click Delete.