Deployment with managed database service (AWS RDS)

[mattigrthr]

Did somebody manage to deploy h3-pg with a managed database service? I got a running docker image and it works fine locally but now we need to deploy it. I know I could just create a docker image on a server but then I would lose the advantages such as auto-scaling or managed backups of a managed database service such as AWS RDS.

This is the dockerfile I'm currently using locally. Is there a way to do the same installation steps for a managed service?

FROM kartoza/postgis:14-3.1

# Install h3-pg
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cmake gcc git libtool make python3 python3-pip
RUN pip3 install --no-cache --upgrade pip setuptools && pip3 install pgxnclient
RUN pgxn install h3

# Initialize tables script
RUN mkdir -p /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
COPY ./core/database/importer/sql/create_tables.sql /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/create_tables.sql

AWS RDS specifically has a list of supported extensions that doesn't include h3-pg. I found this old thread on stackexchange which says it's not possible to install any C-related extensions on RDS. So right now it seems to be not possible. :(

How do you use h3-pg in a production environment? Would appreciate any tips! :)

[zachasme]

We are using it with our own machines. Unfortunately I do not know if is is possible, but I too am very interested to hear if there are ways to deploy to a managed database service :-)

[sondrelg]

Did you ever manage to make it work @mattigrthr?

[mattigrthr]

Unfortunately not, @sondrelg. Just used the above Docker image on an EC2 instance.