PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL in AWS: clearing the doubts

By Franck Pachot . I’ve heard and read people saying that the PostgreSQL managed service is not the true open-source PostgreSQL from the community. This is wrong and I’m writing this post to clarify it. PostgreSQL on EC2(…)

What is a database backup (back to the basics)

By Franck Pachot . TL;DR: do not consider a dump (like PostgreSQL pg_dump or Oracle expdp) as a database backup do not consider that your backup is successful if you didn’t test recovery databases provide physical database backups, easy(…)

Increase your PostgreSQL databases security by checking a few settings Part 2

Continuing from my first blog we will check some more access and authentication configurations. Focusing on removing unnecessary database privileges. After that we will configure the backend parameters correctly to have more robust PostgreSQL server/client sessions. And at last SSL(…)

Starting with PostgreSQL

In this Post you will learn how I met PostgreSQL and started to learn. If you are planning PostgreSQL as your database but don’t know where to start, this blog may help you. My background I have used MySQL database(…)

Build API backend server with NodeJS and PostgreSQL

Introduction In this Blog I will describe how to create an API Backend with NodeJS using PostgreSQL as Database. We will create API for public events with CRUD options. CRUD means: create, read, update and delete. Firstly, we will create(…)

Increase your PostgreSQL databases security by checking a few settings

This blog provides you with a short overview of easy to control settings that enhance your PostgreSQL security. Mostly by creating a separate group to assign privileged database members. And checking different logging and log rotations settings for better and(…)

DBPod – le podcast Bases de Données

By Franck Pachot . J’essaie quelque chose de nouveau. Je publie beaucoup en anglais (blog, articles, présentations) mais cette fois quelque chose de 100% francophone. En sortant du confinement, on reprend les transports (train, voiture,…) et c’est l’occasion de(…)

The myth of NoSQL (vs. RDBMS) “joins dont scale”

By Franck Pachot . I’ll reference Alex DeBrie article “SQL, NoSQL, and Scale: How DynamoDB scales where relational databases don’t“, especially the paragraph about “Why relational databases don’t scale”. But I(…)

Some myths about PostgreSQL vs. Oracle

By Franck Pachot . I originally wrote this as a comment on the following post that you may find on internet: https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/oracle-to-postgresql-reasons-to-migrate/ but my comment was not published (many links in it… I(…)

pgBackRest – a simple privileges-related issue

I recently had to replace Barman by pgBackRest as Backup & Recovery solution for one of my customer. The purpose of this blog is not to show how I made the setup (some(…)