# Externalise DF data for AWS autoscaling

**URL:** <https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/externalise-df-data-for-aws-autoscaling/2475>\
**Category:** Schema & Data\
**Created:** [April 4, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/externalise-df-data-for-aws-autoscaling/2475 "2016-04-04T14:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnakouzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jnakouzi](https://community.dreamfactory.com/u/jnakouzi)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.dreamfactory.com/t/externalise-df-data-for-aws-autoscaling/2475/1 "2016-04-04T14:42:50Z")

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I’m installing dreamfactory on an AWS instance. It’s a part of an autoscaling group which also self heals by re-spawning any crashed instance.

I want to make sure that all users created during the last run are still available. My question is if those users are stored in a local MySQL db then how do I make that DF instance use an external MySQL (RDS) db instead. and what else should I externalise.