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Updating Password in PostgreSQL from md5 to scram-sha-256

Many installations have a history of many major PostgreSQL releases. With PostgreSQL 10 comes scram-sha-256 for hashing passwords, by installing from packages scram-sha-256 is the default setting for new installations since PostgreSQL 13. With this small blog I will(…)

PostgreSQL on ARM using Odroid N2/N2+

For this installation i’m using a Hardkernel Odroid N2/N2+ which are ARM S922X, means ARM Big Little Architecture with Quad-Core-ARM-Cortex-A73-CPU-Cluster and a Dual-Core-Cortex-A53-Cluster and a Mali-G52-GPU. These device is normaly a good device as Mediaplayer using Coreelec based on(…)

PostgreSQL Flexible Server on Azure, Status

This Blog is about the actual status of the development on Microsoft’s side for the Azure Flexible Server for PostgreSQL. The Flexible Server is announced “GA Ready” at November 30st, after shiftig the GA Raeady date several times. But(…)

PostgreSQL Flexible Server on Azure, scram-sha-256 workaround

Microsofts old Single Server for PostgreSQL on Azure offers password encryption md5 only, normaly IT Governance responsible people getting nervous by that. On the new Flexible Server for PostgreSQL on AZure md5 is still the default setting, but a(…)

Setup pgpass for replication

This script provides functionality to setup passwordless authentication in PostgreSQL for defined Server Names. This is very helpful by using replication via repmgr and is not Linux Distribution specific, it was used till now with SLES 12, SLES 15(…)

Reduce the complexity: be sharing and open source

By Franck Pachot . I thought that my last post on this blog was the previous one but I blog when it comes to my mind – nothing planned. And two things got me to write(…)

See you on Polywork (an new LinkedIn?)

By Franck Pachot . I have published 105 additional blog posts here since the 500th one https://www.dbi-services.com/blog/rollback-to-savepoint/ that I have written on my come back to dbi-services. On Oracle Database, of course, other databases as well,(…)

Recurring PostgreSQL Installations using RHEL 8 and Clones

This Blog is a follow up uf one of my older Blogs and my Article at heise.de: Blog at dbi-services.com Article at heise.de For RHEL 8 at its clones like AlmaLinux, CentOS, Oracle Linux and Rocky Linux(…)

De-Ubuntu Ubuntu

Canonical is consistently promoting Snap Integration in the Ubuntu world with all its market power. However, many do not like this development with Ubuntu. But what options do you still have as an Ubuntu user if you don’t necessarily want(…)

Rancher installation on RHEL 8 compatible Linux

This Blog is about the installation of Rancher Community on a RHEL 8 compatible Linux, for this Blog i choose AlmaLinux 8.4, but i will also work on Rocky Linux 8.4 Release Candidate. Base is an AlmaLinux / Rocky(…)