---
title: "Move a DBaaS instance to another project"
description: "Move a MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL DBaaS instance, with every machine it runs on, to another project in the same MyAccount account."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "database"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/database/how-to/move-a-database-to-another-project/"
topic: ["lifecycle"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/"]}
---

# Move a DBaaS instance to another project

If the application a DBaaS instance serves is in another project of the same account, you can
move the instance into that project. Every machine it runs on moves with it, and so does a
committed plan on those machines. Its region, plan, IP addresses, and data stay as they are, and
the move does not restart it.

## Before you begin

The account owner, or a user with the **Admin** or **Project Lead** role in the instance's project,
can move a DBaaS instance; **Move To Another Project** in the **Actions** menu appears for them. See
[Choose a role for a user](/myaccount/account/how-to/choose-a-role-for-a-user/). You also need a
second project in the account to move the instance to. See
[Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/).

## Get the DBaaS instance ready

Before you move it, check the DBaaS instance against this list:

- Its status is **Running** or **Stopped**. If it is **Creating**, **Deploying**, **Resuming**, or
  **Stopping**, wait until it reads **Running** or **Stopped**. An instance that is
  **Terminating** cannot move.
- It has no VPC attached. See
  [Attach a VPC to a DBaaS instance](/myaccount/database/how-to/attach-a-vpc-to-a-database/#detach-a-vpc).
- It has no parameter group attached. See
  [Attach a parameter group to a DBaaS instance](/myaccount/parameter-group/how-to/attach-a-parameter-group-to-a-database/#detach-a-parameter-group).
  To take the group along, follow [Move the parameter group too](#move-the-parameter-group-too).
- It carries no tags. See
  [Tag a resource](/myaccount/account/how-to/tag-a-resource/#remove-a-tag).
- None of the addresses on its **Whitelisted IP** tab carries a tag. See
  [Whitelist an IP address for a DBaaS instance](/myaccount/database/how-to/whitelist-an-ip-address/).

## Move the DBaaS instance

1. In the sidebar, under **Database**, click **DBaaS**. In the DBaaS instance's row, open
   **Actions** and click **Move To Another Project**. The item is only on the DBaaS list, not in
   the **More Actions** menu on the DBaaS instance's own page.

   If the DBaaS instance cannot move yet, MyAccount lists which condition in
   [Get the DBaaS instance ready](#get-the-dbaas-instance-ready) blocks it.

2. **Move Dbaas to Another Project** opens. Choose the target project in **Select Project**. You
   can pick any project except the one the instance is in now.
3. Turn on the checkbox that names the DBaaS instance and the target project, so that **Transfer**
   becomes available.
4. Click **Transfer** to move the DBaaS instance.

When the message **Resource is transferred successfully.** appears, the DBaaS instance is in the
target project, and the DBaaS list reloads without it. If MyAccount refuses the move, the instance
stays in its project; look the reason up in
[Troubleshooting DBaaS](/myaccount/database/troubleshooting/database/#a-dbaas-move-is-refused-because-of-its-status).

To work with the instance in its new project, choose that project from the project list in the
header; see
[Create a project](/myaccount/account/how-to/create-a-project/#switch-to-the-project). Both
projects' audit logs record the move; see
[Read the audit log](/myaccount/account/how-to/read-the-audit-log/).

## Move the parameter group too

A DBaaS instance and its parameter group move one at a time. To keep using the same group in the
new project:

1. Detach the parameter group from the DBaaS instance.
2. Follow [Move the DBaaS instance](#move-the-dbaas-instance) to move the instance to the new
   project.
3. Move the parameter group. See
   [Move a parameter group to another project](/myaccount/parameter-group/how-to/move-a-parameter-group-to-another-project/).
4. Switch to the new project and attach the group to the DBaaS instance again. See
   [Attach a parameter group to a DBaaS instance](/myaccount/parameter-group/how-to/attach-a-parameter-group-to-a-database/).

The DBaaS instance and its parameter group are now both in the new project, with the group attached
to the instance again.