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PostgreSQL Administration Cookbook, 9.5/9.6 Edition: Effective database management for administrators , Third Edition

Simon Riggs

Bartolini

GIANNI CIOLLI

€18.99 per month

3.3 (3 Ratings)

Paperback Apr 2017 556 pages 3rd Edition

Simon Riggs

Bartolini

GIANNI CIOLLI

€18.99 per month

3.3 (3 Ratings)

Paperback Apr 2017 556 pages 3rd Edition

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Key benefits

Get to grips with the capabilities of PostgreSQL 9.6 to administer your database more efficiently
Monitor, tune, secure and protect your database
A step-by-step, recipe-based guide to help you tackle any problem in PostgreSQL administration with ease

Description

PostgreSQL is a powerful opensource database management system; now recognized as the expert's choice for a wide range of applications, it has an enviable reputation for performance and stability. PostgreSQL provides an integrated feature set comprising relational database features, object-relational, text search, Geographical Info Systems, analytical tools for big data and JSON/XML document management. Starting with short and simple recipes, you will soon dive into core features, such as configuration, server control, tables, and data. You will tackle a variety of problems a database administrator usually encounters, from creating tables to managing views, from improving performance to securing your database, and from using monitoring tools to using storage engines. Recipes based on important topics such as high availability, concurrency, replication, backup and recovery, as well as diagnostics and troubleshooting are also given special importance. By the end of this book, you will have all the knowledge you need to run, manage, and maintain PostgreSQL efficiently.

Who is this book for?

This book is for system administrators, database administrators, data architects, developers, and anyone with an interest in planning for, or running, live production databases. This book is most suited to those who have some technical experience.

What you will learn

Implement PostgreSQL features for performance and reliability
Harness the power of the latest PostgreSQL 9.6 features
Manage open source PostgreSQL versions 9.5 and 9.6 on various platforms
Discover advanced technical tips for experienced users
Explore best practices for planning and designing live databases
Select and implement robust backup and recovery techniques
Explore concise and clear guidance on replication and high availability
See the latest details on Logical Replication and Bi-Directional Replication

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Product Details

Publication date : Apr 27, 2017

Length: 556 pages

Edition : 3rd

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781785883187

Category :

Data

Languages :

SQL

Concepts :

Database Administration

Tools :

PostgreSQL

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12 Chapters

First Steps

Introduction

Getting PostgreSQL

Connecting to the PostgreSQL server

Enabling access for network/remote users

Using graphical administration tools

Using the psql query and scripting tool

Changing your password securely

Avoiding hardcoding your password

Using a connection service file

Troubleshooting a failed connection

Exploring the Database

Introduction

What version is the server?

What is the server uptime?

Locating the database server files

Locating the database server's message log

Locating the database's system identifier

Listing databases on this database server

How many tables are there in a database?

How much disk space does a database use?

How much disk space does a table use?

Which are my biggest tables?

How many rows are there in a table?

Quickly estimating the number of rows in a table

Listing extensions in this database

Understanding object dependencies

Configuration

Introduction

Reading the fine manual

Planning a new database

Changing parameters in your programs

Finding the current configuration settings

Which parameters are at non-default settings?

Updating the parameter file

Setting parameters for particular groups of users

The basic server configuration checklist

Adding an external module to PostgreSQL

Using an installed module

Managing installed extensions

Server Control

Introduction

Starting the database server manually

Stopping the server safely and quickly

Stopping the server in an emergency

Reloading the server configuration files

Restarting the server quickly

Preventing new connections

Restricting users to only one session each

Pushing users off the system

Deciding on a design for multitenancy

Using multiple schemas

Giving users their own private database

Running multiple servers on one system

Setting up a connection pool

Accessing multiple servers using the same host and port

Tables and Data

Introduction

Choosing good names for database objects

Handling objects with quoted names

Enforcing the same name and definition for columns

Identifying and removing duplicates

Preventing duplicate rows

Finding a unique key for a set of data

Generating test data

Randomly sampling data

Loading data from a spreadsheet

Loading data from flat files

Security

Introduction

The PostgreSQL superuser

Revoking user access to a table

Granting user access to a table

Granting user access to specific columns

Granting user access to specific rows

Creating a new user

Temporarily preventing a user from connecting

Removing a user without dropping their data

Checking whether all users have a secure password

Giving limited superuser powers to specific users

Auditing DDL changes

Auditing data changes

Always knowing which user is logged in

Integrating with LDAP

Connecting using SSL

Using SSL certificates to authenticate

Mapping external usernames to database roles

Encrypting sensitive data

Database Administration

Introduction

Writing a script that either succeeds entirely or fails entirely

Writing a psql script that exits on the first error

Investigating a psql error

Performing actions on many tables

Adding/removing columns on a table

Changing the data type of a column

Changing the definition of a data type

Adding/removing schemas

Moving objects between schemas

Adding/removing tablespaces

Moving objects between tablespaces

Accessing objects in other PostgreSQL databases

Accessing objects in other foreign databases

Updatable views

Using materialized views

Monitoring and Diagnosis

Introduction

Real-time viewing using pgAdmin

Checking whether a user is connected

Checking which queries are running

Checking which queries are active or blocked

Knowing who is blocking a query

Killing a specific session

Detecting an in-doubt prepared transaction

Knowing whether anybody is using a specific table

Knowing when a table was last used

Usage of disk space by temporary data

Understanding why queries slow down

Investigating and reporting a bug

Producing a daily summary of log file errors

Analyzing the real-time performance of your queries

Regular Maintenance

Introduction

Controlling automatic database maintenance

Avoiding auto-freezing and page corruptions

Removing issues that cause bloat

Removing old prepared transactions

Actions for heavy users of temporary tables

Identifying and fixing bloated tables and indexes

Monitoring and tuning vacuum

Maintaining indexes

Adding a constraint without checking existing rows

Finding unused indexes

Carefully removing unwanted indexes

Planning maintenance

Performance and Concurrency

Introduction

Finding slow SQL statements

Collecting regular statistics from pg_stat* views

Finding out what makes SQL slow

Reducing the number of rows returned

Simplifying complex SQL queries

Speeding up queries without rewriting them

Discovering why a query is not using an index

Forcing a query to use an index

Using parallel query

Using optimistic locking

Reporting performance problems

Backup and Recovery

Introduction

Understanding and controlling crash recovery

Planning backups

Hot logical backups of one database

Hot logical backups of all databases

Backups of database object definitions

Standalone hot physical database backup

Hot physical backup and continuous archiving

Recovery of all databases

Recovery to a point in time

Recovery of a dropped/damaged table

Recovery of a dropped/damaged database

Improving performance of backup/recovery

Incremental/differential backup and restore

Hot physical backups with Barman

Recovery with Barman

Replication and Upgrades

Introduction

Replication best practices

Setting up file-based replication - deprecated

Setting up streaming replication

Setting up streaming replication security

Hot Standby and read scalability

Managing streaming replication

Using repmgr

Using replication slots

Monitoring replication

Performance and synchronous replication

Delaying, pausing, and synchronizing replication

Logical replication

Bi-directional replication

Archiving transaction log data

Upgrading - minor releases

Major upgrades in-place

Major upgrades online

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Customer reviews

Rating distribution

3.3

(3 Ratings)

5 star 33.3%

4 star 33.3%

3 star 0%

2 star 0%

1 star 33.3%

One Plus 9 Pro Customer Apr 05, 2018

This book is perfect for postgreSQL database administration. But if you want to cover very indepth, you should refer to postgreSQL manual

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SamueleA Nov 10, 2018

Il libro è veramente utile per partire dalle basi. Non è proprio economico, però è fatto bene

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Ben Sep 24, 2019

I think the book is good but the backup section from Page 8191 to 8236 ..looks corrupted.The pages do not display correctly ... hope this gets fixed and updated.Section I was looking forward to. thats why it get a 1 star. I am not sure if I will encounter this issueagain in a different section.

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About the 3 authors

Simon Riggs

Simon Riggs is the CTO of 2ndQuadrant, having contributed to PostgreSQL as a major developer and committer for 14 years. He has written and designed features for replication, performance, BI, management, and security. Under his guidance, 2ndQuadrant is now a leading developer of open source PostgreSQL, serving hundreds of clients in USA, Europe, and worldwide. Simon is a frequent speaker at many conferences on PostgreSQL Futures. He has worked as a database architect for 30 years.

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Bartolini

Gabriele Bartolini is a long-time open source programmer, now head of support at 2ndQuadrant, and an active member of the international PostgreSQL community. Gabriele has a degree in statistics from the University of Florence. His areas of expertise are data mining and data warehousing, and he has worked on web traffic analysis in Australia and Italy. He currently lives in Prato, a small but vibrant city located in the northern part of Tuscany, Italy. His second home is Melbourne, Australia, where he studied at Monash University and worked in the ICT sector. Gabriele's hobbies include playing his Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and "calcio" (football or soccer, depending on which part of the world you come from).

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GIANNI CIOLLI

Gianni Ciolli is the head of professional services at 2ndQuadrant and has been a PostgreSQL consultant, trainer, and speaker at many PostgreSQL conferences in Europe and abroad over the last 10 years. He has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Florence. He has worked with free and open source software since the 1990s and is active in the community (the Prato Linux User Group and the Italian PostgreSQL Users Group). He lives in London with his son. His other interests include music, drama, poetry, and athletics.

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