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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)

Summary

Database security is a wide field, and a single chapter can hardly cover all of the aspects of PostgreSQL security. Many things, such as SELinux and SECURITY DEFINER/INVOKER, were left untouched. However, in this chapter, we learned about the most common things that we will face as PostgreSQL developers and database administrators. We also learned how to avoid the basic pitfalls, and how to make our systems more secure. What is important to understand is that security does matter and that PostgreSQL provides you with all the means necessary to secure your database.

In Chapter 9, Handling Backup and Recovery, we will learn about PostgreSQL streaming replication and incremental backups. The chapter will also cover failover scenarios.