# Step-by-step PostgreSQL database to Amazon RDS migration walkthrough
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In the following sections, you can find step-by-step instructions for migrating your PostgreSQL database to Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL using homogeneous data migrations in AWS DMS.

**Topics**
+ [Step 1: Create AWS Resources](dm-postgresql-step-1.md)
+ [Step 2: Configure Your Source Database](dm-postgresql-step-2.md)
+ [Step 3: Create Your Target Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Database](dm-postgresql-step-3.md)
+ [Step 4: Store Database Credentials in AWS Secrets Manager](dm-postgresql-step-4.md)
+ [Step 5: Create an Instance Profile](dm-postgresql-step-5.md)
+ [Step 6: Configure Data Providers](dm-postgresql-step-6.md)
+ [Step 7: Create a Migration Project](dm-postgresql-step-7.md)
+ [Step 8: Configure a Data Migration](dm-postgresql-step-8.md)
+ [Step 9: Running and Monitoring a Data Migration](dm-postgresql-step-9.md)

## See also

* **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Database Migration Service. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query dms` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).