PostgreSQL for Administrators - 3 Days Training Course
PostgreSQL, also known as Postgres, is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) designed to handle large data workloads while ensuring stability, reliability, and optimal performance.
This instructor-led, live training (available both online and onsite) is targeted at database administrators and system administrators who want to use PostgreSQL for managing large-scale data and optimizing the database systems for high availability and performance.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Install and configure PostgreSQL effectively.
- Understand the key features and architecture of PostgreSQL.
- Perform various database operations using SQL.
- Implement database backup and recovery procedures to prevent data loss.
- Configure the server for high availability and reliability.
- Master the tools and techniques for enhancing performance tuning.
- Explore external tools for monitoring and observability.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lectures and discussions.
- Ample exercises and practical practice sessions.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
- Overview of PostgreSQL features and architecture
- Basics of database administration
Getting Started
- Installing PostgreSQL
- Configuring a pgAdmin 4 client
- Creating a database user
- Creating a database
Database Operations
- SQL syntax, functions, and operators
- Data definition and data types
- User-defined data types
- Table schemas
- Creating and modifying tables
- Manipulating data in tables
- Querying and filtering data
- Exploring constraints
- Conversion functions
- Joining multiple tables
- Combining queries
- Indexes and full-text search
- Concurrency control
- Regular expressions
Database Server Administration
- Security and encryption
- Access roles and permissions
- Backup and restore
- Upgrading PostgreSQL
- High availability
- Load balancing and replication
- Statistics and monitoring
High Performance Tuning
- Resource management
- Monitoring query performance
- Parameter tuning
- Index optimization
- Query optimization
- Scalability and partitioning
External Tools for Monitoring and Observability
- pgAdmin
- pgBadger
- pgbench
- node-exporter Prometheus, Grafana
- Zabbix
Troubleshooting
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Basic knowledge in database administration
- Familiarity with SQL language
Audience
- Database administrators
- System administrators
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