PostgreSQL Database Administration
Details
This 4-day course is a fast-paced dive into PostgreSQL. Class sessions cover basic administration topics as well as more advanced techniques including backup and recovery, PITR, and high-availability configurations. Work with hands-on lab exercises that solidify PostgreSQL administration best practices.
Intended Audience
Database Administrator, Programmers, Developers and Open Source Technology Specialists.
Course Prerequisites For PostgreSQL Database Administration
- Basic SQL, Linux, and bash shell competency
Outline
- Installing PostgreSQL Server and Client
- Comparison of installation methods
- Demonstration of installation
- Hands-on installation exercise
- Administration Tools and Options
- psql options
- pg_env.sh
- Other PostgreSQL command line utilities
- Configuring a PostgreSQL Cluster
- Review components of a PostgreSQL cluster
- Initialize and run a cluster
- SQL in PostgreSQL
- DDL
- DML
- Running queries in psql
- PostgreSQL data types
- Creating and using views
- Cluster Security
- Enabling remote connections to cluster
- Host-based authentication (pg_hba.conf)
- User Security
- Creating users
- Using and assigning user roles
- User authentication
- Backup and Recovery Methods
- Selecting an effective backup approach
- Logical backup
- Physical backup
- PostgreSQL Optimization
- VACUUM
- EXPLAIN
- High Availability Configuration and Operation
- Setting up streaming replication
- Master-Standby replication
- Triggering failover
- Logical replication (New for PostgreSQL 10!)
- Upgrading PostgreSQL
- Minor version upgrades
- Major version upgrades
- pg_upgrade utility
- Continuous Archiving and Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
- Setting up WAL archiving
- Running a base backup
- Recovery from a continuous archive
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