Implementing High Availability in PostgreSQL Training Course
Enabling zero-downtime PostgreSQL deployments requires specialist knowledge of Streaming Replication and automated failover management. This course delves into synchronous and asynchronous replication, cascaded replication, transaction log archiving, base backups, and monitoring streaming configurations. You will learn to deploy pgpool-II for connection pooling, automate high availability setups, and ensure production-grade database reliability for critical enterprise environments supporting high-traffic business applications.
This course is available as onsite live training in Australia or online live training.Course Outline
- Introduction
- Streaming Replication
- Streaming Replication
- Sync or Async
- Cascaded Replication
- Transaction Log Archiving
- Base Backups
- Setup Streaming
- Monitoring Streaming
- Handling Conflicts
- High Availability Setup
- Connection Pooling and HA setup using pgpool-II
- Installation
- Configuration
- Pool Setup
- HA Setup
- Demos and Labs
- Connection Pooling and HA setup using pgpool-II
Requirements
It is recommended to undertake this training only if you have prior knowledge of PostgreSQL.
Open Training Courses require 5+ participants.
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