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PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from   PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook Over 175 proven recipes for database administrators to manage enterprise databases effectively

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248974
Length 608 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Gianni Ciolli Gianni Ciolli
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: First Steps 2. Chapter 2: Exploring the Database FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Server Configuration 4. Chapter 4: Server Control 5. Chapter 5: Tables and Data 6. Chapter 6: Security 7. Chapter 7: Database Administration 8. Chapter 8: Monitoring and Diagnosis 9. Chapter 9: Regular Maintenance 10. Chapter 10: Performance and Concurrency 11. Chapter 11: Backup and Recovery 12. Chapter 12: Replication and Upgrades 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Using the OmniDB GUI tool

Graphical administration tools are often requested by system administrators. PostgreSQL has a range of tool options. In this book, we'll cover pgAdmin4 and OmniDB.

OmniDB is a client application that sends/receives SQL to/from PostgreSQL, displaying the results for you. The admin client can access many databases servers, allowing you to manage a fleet of servers. The tool works in both standalone app mode and within web browsers.

OmniDB is designed to access PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Oracle in one interface, though it makes sure it provides full features for the PostgreSQL database: https://github.com/OmniDB/OmniDB.

OmniDB provides a very responsive interface and is designed with full security in mind. It can be used as a desktop application, and it can also be served using a web server to be accessed by the web browser of your choice.

How to do it…

OmniDB has the standard tree-view browsing interface...

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