Course Outline

Introduction and Architecture

  • PostgreSQL architecture overview: processes, memory, files
  • Data organisation: databases, schemas, and tablespaces
  • PostgreSQL toolset and system tables

Installation and Configuration

  • Installing PostgreSQL
  • Configuration files (postgresql.conf, postgresql.auto.conf, pg_hba.conf, pg_ident.conf)
  • Adjusting core parameters (memory, logging, connections)
  • Upgrading and migrating PostgreSQL installations

Security Management

  • User roles, groups, and privileges
  • Authentication methods: trust, password, MD5, SCRAM
  • Overview of Row-Level Security and data access policies
  • Configuring SSL/TLS

Backup and Recovery

  • Logical backups with pg_dump and pg_restore
  • Physical backups using pg_basebackup
  • Incremental backups, WAL archiving
  • Complete recovery, Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)

Monitoring and Maintenance

  • Understanding the autovacuum process
  • Routine maintenance and log analysis
  • Using PgBadger for log analysis

Requirements

A basic working knowledge of SQL

 14 Hours

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