PostgreSQL for Administrators

Course details

What is PostgreSQL?
A Brief History of PostgreSQL
Conventions
Further Information
Bug Reporting Guidelines
Introduction to PostgreSQL
Installation and Creating Database
The SQL Language
Advanced Features
The SQL Language
SQL Syntax
Data Definition
Data Manipulation
Queries
Data Types
Functions and Operators
Foreign Data Wrappers
Type Conversion
Indexes
Triggers
Full Text Search
The Information Schema
PL/pgSQL - SQL Procedural Language
Concurrency Control
Performance Tips
How the Planner Uses Statistics
Server Administration
Source Code vs Distribution-Provided Packages
Installation from Source Code
Installation from Source Code on Windows
Deployment of Binaries Obtained by Compiling Source Code
Server Setup, Operation
Database Physical Storage
Filesystem Durability Requirements and Required Mount Options
Server Configuration
Special Considerations for Container-Based Deployments
Client Authentication
Database Roles
Managing Databases
Localization
Routine Database Maintenance Tasks
Backup and Restore
Recovery Configuration
Monitoring Database Activity
Monitoring Disk Usage
Reliability and the Write-Ahead Log
Regression Tests
Installation of Third-Party Server Extensions
High Availability, Load Balancing, and Replication
Brewer's CAP Theorem
Synchronous vs Asynchronous Replication
Log Shipping (Warm Standby)
Streaming Master-Slave Replication (Hot Standby)
Trigger-Based Master-Slave Replication with Slony
Trigger-Based Multi-Master Replication with Bucardo
Connection Pooling and Synchronous Replication with Pgpool
Failover Configurations using DRBD
Replacing a Failed Server Updated on 17 October, 2017