# Connecting to existing database \[May 26\]

**URL:** <https://community.nocodb.com/t/connecting-to-existing-database-may-26/495>\
**Category:** Discord-Discussions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/connecting-to-existing-database-may-26/495 "2022-11-03T09:54:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/connecting-to-existing-database-may-26/495/1 "2022-11-03T09:54:42Z")

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> 🙋‍♂️ **TastierSub** _asked_

## When I install NocoDB and grant it access to my root PostgreSQL database (I’m leveraging a pre-existing Postgres container with databases being used by other containers), will it store all of its data there - or create new databases as I create them within NocoDB itself?

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:54am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/connecting-to-existing-database-may-26/495/2 "2022-11-03T09:54:44Z")

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> 👨‍🦲 **dstala** _replied_

#### NocoDB stores its meta information always in NC\_DB. You can find details here [Architecture overview](https://docs.nocodb.com/engineering/architecture/)

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#### Newer tables created in the project (after connecting to external DB) will be part of external DB

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