PostgreSQL Advanced: Replication and High Availability (RepMgr, PgPool-II) Training Course
This course provides in-depth coverage of replication, high availability, and cluster management in PostgreSQL. Participants will build and manage multi-node environments, configure failover automation, and explore load balancing and connection pooling solutions. The course includes live replication labs and recovery simulations.
After completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Configure and manage physical and logical replication
- Design high-availability PostgreSQL topologies
- Automate failover and recovery using RepMgr
- Implement load balancing with PgPool-II
- Ensure data continuity and minimal downtime during failures
Course Outline
1. PostgreSQL Standard Replication
- Physical replication (WAL streaming)
- Synchronous and asynchronous replication
- Configuring Primary and Standby servers
- Using replication slots
- Manual failover
- Logical replication
2. Managing Replication with RepMgr
- RepMgr components and repository
- Installation and configuration
- Registering nodes
- Creating Standby servers
- Switchover and failover
- Automatic failover with repmgrd
3. High Availability with PgPool-II
- PgPool-II architecture
- Installing and configuring
- Starting/stopping PgPool-II
- Basic administration tools and commands
- Managing replication and load balancing
- Configuring automatic failover and failback
- Using Watchdog architecture
- Connection pooling
Requirements
- Good understanding of PostgreSQL architecture and configuration
- Experience with Linux command line and database administration tasks
Audience
Database Administrators, DevOps Engineers, and System Architects responsible for ensuring database reliability, redundancy, and uptime.
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