Remote Backup and Restore with pgBackRest
In my previous post about pgBackRest, we saw how to install and setup pgBackRest and make a backup of a PostgreSQL database with it. It was a very basic single server setup, only intended to get the hang of the tool. Such setups are not used in a production environment, as it is not recommended […]
pgBackRest to Backup PostgreSQL
pgBackRest is an open source backup tool for PostgreSQL which offers easy configuration and reliable backups. So if you want to protect your database and create backups easily, pgBackRest is a good solution to make that happen. In this blog, we are going to go through the basic steps of using pgBackRest for full and […]
Install PostgreSQL 9.6 with Transparent Data Encryption
Cluster encryption can be used if the DBA can not or does not rely on the file system in terms of confidentiality. If this feature is enabled, PostgreSQL encrypts data (both relations and write-ahead log) when writing to disk, and decrypts it when reading. The encryption is transparent, so the applications see no difference between […]