How do I transfer production database to staging on Heroku using pgbackups? Getting error

Question

On Heroku, I am trying to copy the production database into my staging app using the pgbackups addon. I followed the instructions on the addon page: https://devcenter.heroku.com

Answer 1

This is what worked for me

• Download the backup from heroku console and uploaded it to s3.
• heroku pg:backups restore 'DUMP_FILE_URL_FROM_S3' DATABASE --app MY_APP