PostgreSQL Database Administration on Windows/Linux- Part 1

PostgreSQL is an advanced, enterprise class open source Object-Relational Database Management System (ORDBMS). Its is a relational database that supports both SQL (relational) and JSON (non-relational) querying.

PostgreSQL possesses robust feature sets including Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC), point in time recovery, granular access controls, tablespaces, asynchronous replication, nested transactions, online/hot backups, a refined query planner/optimizer, and write ahead logging. It supports international character sets, multi-byte character encodings, Unicode, and it is locale-aware for sorting, case-sensitivity, and formatting. PostgreSQL is highly scalable both in the quantity of data it can manage and in the number of concurrent users it can accommodate.

The course provides the learner with an extensive knowledge of PostgreSQL Database Administration with real time examples.

Topics covered are:

• PostgreSQL Process and Memory Architecture

  
  

• Installation of PostgreSQL on Windows and Linux

  
  

• Setup PostgreSQL Environment Variables - Windows and Linux

  
  

• PostgreSQL Storage Internals

  
  

• Database Directory Layout

  
  

• PostgreSQL Configuration Files

  
  

• Cluster in PostgreSQL (Initdb,Start/Stop,Reload/Restart Cluster)

  
  

• Createdb/Dropdb, Createuser/Dropuser Utility

  
  

• Best Practices for User Management.

  
  

• Create Schema and Schema Search Path

  
  

• Pgpass File

  
  

• Psqlrc.conf

  
  

• Psql Interface Commands

  
  

• Pg System Catalogs

  
  

• Working with PostgreSQL Objects

  
  

• CRUD Operations

  
  

• MERGE AND MERGE RETURNING

  
  

• Table Inheritance

  
  

• Table Partitioning

  
  

• Table Partitioning with Inheritance

  
  

• Tablespace in PostgreSQL

  
  

• Backup's, Continuous Archiving and PITR (Point-in-Time-Recovery)

  
  

• Incremental Backups using Pg_basebackup.

  
  

• Wal Summarizer Process

  
  

• Explain plan and Query Execution Cost

  
  

• Maintenance (Updating Planner Statistics, Vacuum, Routine Reindex & Log File Maintenance)

  
  

• Best Practices for Routine Reindexing.

  
  

• Data Fragmentation

  
  

• Vacuum, Vacuum Full, Auto Vacuum Dameon

  
  

• Best Practices for Vacuum Commands.

  
  

• Automating Backup's and Maintenance Task.

  
  

• Pgadmin 4

  
  

• Upgrade PostgreSQL (Pg_Dumpall & Pg_Upgrade Utility)

  
  

• Uninstall PostgreSQL on Windows and Linux

  
  

• Journey into Postgresql v13

  
  

• Postgresql v13 - New Features

  
  

• Let's Explore Postgresql v15

  
  

• Postgresql v15 - New Features

  
  

• Tour of Postgresql v16

  
  

• Postgresql v16 - New Features