Upgrading DSpace 7.6 → 10.0 when Postgres is on AWS RDS

[Evelyn Karari]

Hello all,

I'm upgrading from DSpace 7.6 to 10.0 on a fresh instance. Our database is on AWS RDS (managed Postgres, separate from the app server), and the assetstore is on EFS.

Most upgrade guides assume Postgres runs on the same server, where you pg_dump and restore locally. What's the recommended way to handle the database step when it's on RDS instead? Are there any RDS-specific issues to watch for during the migration?