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PostgreSQL 14 Administration Cookbook

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803248974
Pages 608 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
Simon Riggs Simon Riggs
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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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Gianni Ciolli Gianni Ciolli
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Gianni Ciolli is the Vice President for Solutions Architecture at EnterpriseDB (EDB). As a PostgreSQL consultant, he has driven many successful enterprise deployments for customers in every part of the globe.Gianni is respected worldwide as a popular speaker and trainer at many PostgreSQL conferences in Europe and abroad over the last 14 years. He has worked with free and open-source software since the 1990s as an active member of the community (Prato Linux User Group, and Italian PostgreSQL Users Group). Gianni has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Florence. He lives in London with his son. His other interests include music, drama, poetry and athletics.
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

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

Restarting the server quickly

Some of the database server parameters require you to stop and start the server again fully. Doing this as quickly as possible can be very important in some cases. The best time to do this is usually a quiet time, with lots of planning, testing, and forethought. Sometimes, not everything goes according to plan.

How to do it…

Many of the recipes in this chapter are presented in two forms: one with systemd and one without. This may look repetitive or boring, but it's unavoidable because introducing a new system does not automatically eliminate all existing alternatives or migrate old installations to new ones.

As we mentioned previously, you can find further systemd details, including details on service unit names, in the previous recipe, Starting the database server manually.

A PostgreSQL server that's managed by systemd can be restarted in fast mode by issuing the following...

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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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Gianni Ciolli is the Vice President for Solutions Architecture at EnterpriseDB (EDB). As a PostgreSQL consultant, he has driven many successful enterprise deployments for customers in every part of the globe.Gianni is respected worldwide as a popular speaker and trainer at many PostgreSQL conferences in Europe and abroad over the last 14 years. He has worked with free and open-source software since the 1990s as an active member of the community (Prato Linux User Group, and Italian PostgreSQL Users Group). Gianni has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Florence. He lives in London with his son. His other interests include music, drama, poetry and athletics.
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