PostgreSQL 16 Administration Cookbook: Solve real-world Database Administration challenges with 180+ practical recipes and best practices

Written by a team of well-known PostgreSQL experts, this new edition will cover all the latest updates of PostgreSQL 16 including 12+ new and improved recipes on logging, monitoring, security and high-performance

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

• Skill-up as a database administrator by achieving improved query performance, backup, and recovery management, setting up replication and so on
• Get to grips with the essentials of database management with a recipe-based approach using the latest features of PostgreSQL 16
• New and updated recipes on crucial PostgreSQL topics like Monitoring, Logging, Scalability and so on

Book Description

PostgreSQL has seen a huge increase in its customer base in the past few years and is becoming one of the go-to solutions for anyone who has a database-specific challenge. This PostgreSQL book touches on all the fundamentals of Database Administration in a problem-solution format. It is intended to be the perfect desk reference guide.

This new edition focuses on recipes based on the new PostgreSQL 16 release. The additions include handling complex batch loading scenarios with the SQL MERGE statement, security improvements, running Postgres on Kubernetes or with TPA and Ansible, and more. This edition also focuses on certain performance gains, such as query optimization, and the acceleration of specific operations, such as sort. It will help you understand roles, ensuring high availability, concurrency, and replication. It also draws your attention to aspects like validating backups, recovery, monitoring, and scaling aspects. This book will act as a one-stop solution to all your real-world database administration challenges.

By the end of this book, you will be able to manage, monitor, and replicate your PostgreSQL 16 database for efficient administration and maintenance with the best practices from experts.

What you will learn

• Discover how to improve batch data loading with the SQL MERGE statement
• Use logical replication to apply large transactions in parallel
• Improve your back up and recovery performance with server-side compression
• Tackle basic to high-end and real-world PostgreSQL challenges with practical recipes
• Monitor and fine-tune your database with ease
• Learn to navigate the newly introduced features of PostgreSQL 16
• Efficiently secure your PostgreSQL database with new and updated features

Who this book is for

This Postgres book is for database administrators, data architects, database developers, and anyone with an interest in planning and running live production databases using PostgreSQL 14. Those looking for hands-on solutions to any problem associated with PostgreSQL 14 administration will also find this book useful. Some experience with handling PostgreSQL databases will help you to make the most out of this book, however, it is a useful resource even if you are just beginning your Postgres journey

Table of Contents

1. First Steps
2. Exploring the Database
3. Server Configuration
4. Server Control
5. Tables and Data
6. Security
7. Database Administration
8. Monitoring and Diagnosis
9. Regular Maintenance
10. Performance and Concurrency
11. Backup and Recovery
12. Replication and Upgrades