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PostgreSQL Administration
Ascendient Learning's PostgreSQL Administration training class teaches students how to build, query, administer, backup, and secure PostgreSQL. Skills Gained Learn the fundamentals of working at the...
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$2,667 USD
Duration
4 days
Course Code
ACCEL-PSQL-ADMIN
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
Ascendient Learning's PostgreSQL Administration training class teaches students how to build, query, administer, backup, and secure PostgreSQL.
Skills Gained
- Learn the fundamentals of working at the Linux command line
- Install PostgreSQL
- Create databases and users
- Write PSQL to query and manage the database
- Perform backup and disaster recovery
- Work with inheritance, partitioning, and tablespaces
- Manage free space
- Secure PostgreSQL
- Create high availability and high-performance solutions
Prerequisites
All PostgreSQL Administration training students should have experience with database administration on another platform (though we can tailor class to attendees without this experience on request). Trainees should also be comfortable with navigating within and editing files in a Linux environment. An understanding of SQL statements is also helpful.
Course Details
Training Materials
All students receive comprehensive courseware delivered electronically on the first day of class.
Software Requirements
- Operating system of your choice
- An ssh terminal or client (such as PuTTY) for connection to lab servers provided by Ascendient Learning
- Optional: pgAdmin 4
- Sample databases and lab files that Ascendient Learning provides
Outline
- PostgreSQL Introduction & Architecture
- Introduction and History
- The rise of PostgreSQL Popularity
- Getting support for PostgreSQL
- The PostgreSQL community
- Getting started with PostgreSQL
- PostgreSQL Installation
- Installation options: Binary vs. Source
- Binary Installation
- Source Installation
- Discuss PostgreSQL distributions
- Discuss cloud and hosted PostgreSQL
- The PostgreSQL Cluster
- High-level PostgreSQL architecture
- Definition of a cluster
- Common PostgreSQL executables
- Initializing a PostgreSQL Cluster
- Cluster configuration files
- Starting and Stopping a PostgreSQL Cluster
- Creating Databases and Users
- Templates
- Creating PostgreSQL Databases
- Users, Groups, and Roles
- PostgreSQL role inheritance
- Security – Host-Based Authentication
- The pg_hba.conf file
- PostgreSQL Configuration
- The postgresql.conf file
- Making persistent configuration changes
- Introduction to PSQL
- Connecting the PSQL client
- PSQL command line parameters
- PSQL l meta Commands
- PSQL input and output
- PostgreSQL Database Objects
- PostgreSQL data type overview
- Discussion of PostgreSQL schemas
- Object names and search path
- Creating, altering, and dropping tables
- Creating and dropping views
- Creating, refreshing, dropping materialized views
- Notes on COMMIT
- Notes on case sensitivity
- Copying and Importing Data with PostgreSQL
- PostgreSQL data import and export methods
- COPY
- Copy PSQL meta command
- pgAdmin
- Overview of basic pgAdmin features and utilities
- Demonstration of pgAdmin dashboards
- PostgreSQL Encryption
- Discussion of encryption at rest
- Discussion of encryption in transit
- The future of PostgreSQL encryption
- Basic SSL server setup and configuration
- PostgreSQL Backup and Recovery
- PostgreSQL logical backup
- PostgreSQL physical backup
- Using pg_dump
- Using pg_dumpall
- Recovery from logical backups
- Using pg_restore
- Performing an offline physical backup
- Using pg_basebackup
- Recovery from a physical backup
- PostgreSQL Streaming Replication
- Overview
- Discussion of PostgreSQL replication options
- Setup a hot-standby configuration
- Monitoring
- Replication slots
- PostgreSQL Internals – System Catalogs and Cluster Settings
- Overview of system catalogs
- Overview of system views
- Modifying cluster settings
- Logging and Monitoring Tools
- Logging SQL queries
- System log configuration and management
- Installing and using pg_stat_statements
- PostgreSQL stats views
- Query analysis with EXPLAIN
- Visualizing EXPLAIN output
- Upgrading PostgreSQL
- Minor version upgrades
- Major version upgrades
- Discussion of data conversion
- pg_upgrade
- Logical Replication
- Features of PostgreSQL native logical replication
- Setup a logical replication configuration
- Continuous Archiving and Point In Time Recovery (PITR)
- Configuring PostgreSQL Point In Time Recovery
- Recovering from a PITR backup
- Recovering to a specific point in time
- Discussion of popular backup utilities
- Conclusion
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
What languages are used to deliver training?
Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.
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Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.
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As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.
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It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.
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We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.
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Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.
Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?
Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.
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You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.
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