Set Up a Read Replica for High Availability

Nov 13, 2025

Learn how to create a read replica for your Aiven for PostgreSQL instance using the Aiven Console. In this demo, we’ll show you step by step how to:
1) Ensure you’re on a Startup plan or higher
2) Select your service and name your replica
3) Choose the cloud provider, region, and plan
4) Create the read replica

Once built, your replica can even be promoted to a primary instance, making it perfect for disaster recovery or scaling your workload.

Learn more about Aiven for PostgreSQL: https://aiven.io/postgresql
Step-by-step documentation of how to get Read-Replicas:https://aiven.io/docs/products/postgresql/howto/create-read-replica
You may be interested in the our video Terminate Idle Connections Automatically: https://www.youtube.com/watch

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