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Mastering PostgreSQL 15 - Fifth Edition

By : Hans-Jürgen Schönig
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Mastering PostgreSQL 15 - Fifth Edition

By: Hans-Jürgen Schönig

Overview of this book

Starting with an introduction to the newly released features of PostgreSQL 15, this updated fifth edition will help you get to grips with PostgreSQL administration and how to build dynamic database solutions for enterprise apps, including designing both physical and technical aspects of the system. You'll explore advanced PostgreSQL features, such as logical replication, database clusters, advanced indexing, and user management to manage and maintain your database. You'll then work with the PostgreSQL optimizer, configure PostgreSQL for high speed, and move from Oracle to PostgreSQL. Among the other skills that the book will help you build, you’ll cover transactions, handling recursions, working with JSON and JSONB data, and setting up a Patroni cluster. It will show you how to improve performance with query optimization. You'll also focus on managing network security and work with backups and replication while exploring useful PostgreSQL extensions that optimize the performance of large databases. By the end of this PostgreSQL book, you’ll be able to use your database to its utmost capacity by implementing advanced administrative tasks with ease.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Managing PostgreSQL Security

In Chapter 7, Writing Stored Procedures, we learned about stored procedures and writing server-side code. After being introduced to many other important topics, it is now time to shift to PostgreSQL security. Here, we will learn how to secure a server and configure permissions to avoid security breaches. Security is an important aspect and is getting increasingly important as applications are exposed to more and more internal, as well as external, threats.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Managing network security
  • Digging into row-level security
  • Inspecting permissions
  • Reassigning objects and dropping users

By the end of the chapter, we will be able to professionally configure PostgreSQL security. Let’s now start off with managing network security.