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 = Configuring external PostgreSQL databases
 
-As an administrator, you can configure and use external PostgreSQL databases in {product}. You can use a PostgreSQL certificate file to configure an external PostgreSQL instance using the Operator or Helm Chart.
+The {product} Operator and Helm chart default to creating a local PostgreSQL database, but you need an external database to support a production environment.
+
+
+As part of configuring an external PostgreSQL database in this chapter, you disable creation of the local database.
 
-[NOTE]
-====
-{product-short} supports the configuration of external PostgreSQL databases. You can perform maintenance activities, such as backing up your data or configuring high availability (HA) for the external PostgreSQL databases.
 
-By default, the {product} operator or Helm Chart creates a local PostgreSQL database. However, this configuration is not suitable for the production environments. For production deployments, disable the creation of local database and configure {product-short} to connect to an external PostgreSQL instance instead.
+
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+Configure your database to use the date format of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) via the `DateStyle` setting. Other formats are incompatible with the software catalog’s internal tracking; this causes scheduling tasks to fail and prevents your catalog items from refreshing.
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