PostgreSQL Advanced: Replication and High Availability (RepMgr, PgPool-II) Training Course
This programme delivers comprehensive insights into replication, high availability, and cluster management within PostgreSQL. Participants will learn to construct and oversee multi-node environments, set up automated failover processes, and investigate load balancing and connection pooling strategies. The training incorporates hands-on replication exercises and recovery scenario simulations.
Upon successful completion, participants will be equipped to:
- Set up and manage both physical and logical replication
- Architect high-availability PostgreSQL topologies
- Automate failover and recovery procedures using RepMgr
- Deploy load balancing solutions with PgPool-II
- Guarantee data continuity and minimize downtime during system failures
Course Outline
1. PostgreSQL Standard Replication
- Physical replication (WAL streaming)
- Synchronous and asynchronous replication modes
- Configuring Primary and Standby servers
- Utilizing replication slots
- Performing manual failover
- Logical replication
2. Managing Replication with RepMgr
- RepMgr components and repository
- Installation and configuration
- Registering nodes
- Creating Standby servers
- Executing switchover and failover
- Enabling automatic failover with repmgrd
3. High Availability with PgPool-II
- PgPool-II architecture
- Installing and configuring
- Starting/stopping PgPool-II
- Essential administration tools and commands
- Managing replication and load balancing
- Configuring automatic failover and failback
- Utilizing the Watchdog architecture
- Connection pooling
Requirements
- Solid understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and configuration
- Proficiency in Linux command-line operations and database administration tasks
Audience
Database Administrators, DevOps Engineers, and System Architects tasked with ensuring database reliability, redundancy, and operational uptime.
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