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This document provides an overview of PostgreSQL including its architecture, installation, configuration, security, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring. It discusses topics such as the database cluster, database objects, partitioning, loading data, logging, and extension modules. The document also covers PostgreSQL administration tools, SQL, data types, and setting various server parameters.

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Areas: Introduction and Architectural Overview

This document provides an overview of PostgreSQL including its architecture, installation, configuration, security, backup and recovery, performance tuning, and monitoring. It discusses topics such as the database cluster, database objects, partitioning, loading data, logging, and extension modules. The document also covers PostgreSQL administration tools, SQL, data types, and setting various server parameters.

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Areas

Introduction and Architectural Overview

PostgreSQL System Architecture

Installation

Database Clusters

Configurations

Log Management
Security

GUI Tool for Postgres administration

PG/SQL

Point-in Time Recovery


Backup & Recovery

Performance Tuning

Data Loading

Extension Modules
Description & Coverage
History of PostgreSQL
Major Features
Architectural Overview
General Database Limits
Common Database Object Name
Architectural Summary
Process & Memory Architecture
Utility Processes
Connection Request-Response
Disk Read Buffering Disk
Write Buffering
Background Writer Cleaning Scan
Commit & Checkpoint
Statement Processing
Physical Database Architecture
Data Directory Layout
Installation Directory Layout
Page Layout
OS User & Permissions
Installation Options
Installation of PostgreSQL
StackBuilder
Setting Environmental Variables
Database Cluster
Creating a Database Cluster
Starting and Stopping the Server (pg_ctl)
Connect to the Server Using psql
Setting PostgreSQL Parameters
Access Control
Connection Settings
Security and Authentication Settings
Memory Settings
Query Planner Settings
WAL Settings
Background Writer Settings
Statement Behavior
Configuration File Includes
Authentication and Authorization
Levels of Security
pg_hba.conf File
Object Ownership 
Application Access Parameters 
Protecting Against Injection Attacks with SQL/Protect 
Source Code Protection for Functions
Introduction to PEM Client
Registering a server
Viewing and Editing Data
Query Tool
Databases
Languages
Schemas
Database Objects
Maintenance
Tablespaces
Roles
Data Types
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Tables and Constraints 
Manipulating Data using INSERT,UPDATE and DELETE 
Creating Other Database Objects: Sequences, Views and Domains
Table Partitioning 
Partitioning
Partitioning Methods
When to Partition 
Partitioning Setup 
Partitioning Example
Partitioning and Constraint Exclusion
Caveats
Backup Types
SQL Dump Backups 
SQL Dump Options 
Handling Large Databases
Restoring SQL Dumps 
Cluster Dump
Offline Backups
Recovering a Database using Offline
Online Directory Backups 
Continuous Archiving 
Backup with Low level API
How to use pg_basebackup for Online Backups
Point-In Time Recovery Concepts
Recovery Example 
Backup and Recovery Tool (BART)
Performance Tuning - Overview 
Performance Monitoring using PEM 
A Tuning Technique 
Operating System Considerations
Server Parameter Tuning
Memory Parameters 
Temporary File Parameters
WAL Parameters
Loading flat files
Import and export data using COPY
Examples of COPY Command 
Using COPY FREEZE for performance
Introduction to EDB*Loader for PPAS
What are Extension Modules  
Installing Extension Modules 
Module Index
Monitoring 
Database Monitoring 
Database Statistics 
The Statistics Collector 
Database Statistic Tables
Operating System Process Monitoring
Current Sessions and Locks
Log Slow Running Queries
Disk Usage 
Postgres Enterprise Manager 
PEM – Features
PEM – Architecture
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Contents
PostgreSQL Architecture and its components
Usage of different tools like Stack builder, pgAdmin, PSQL etc
Installation (Directory Structure, Directory Naming, Directory-Object Mapping)
Database Cluster
Configuration (PostgrSQL parameters, Access Control, Connection Setting, Security and Authentication, Memory, Query Plann
Log Management (Background Writer Setting, Statement Behaviour)
Database Management and Creation (DB creation, Object Hierarchy, Users, Schemas, Search Path)
Security (Authentication & Authorization, Levels of Security, pg_hba,conf, TDE)
Data Types, Partitioning, difference in Oracle and PostgreSQL object types
Details on some complex data types (LOBs)
Backup & Recovery
Maintenance & Monitoring (Tools , Statistics, Vacuuming, Visibility Map, PEM etc)
Data Dictionaries (how and where to check data)
Moving/Loading Data
Performance (Tools, Graphs, Parameter level tuning, SQL Tuning - Execution Plan, Optimizer, Indexes)
Streaming Replication (High Availability & Standby)
Connection Pooling (Load Balance, Replication, pgpool- ||)
Upgrade
RDS and Aurora for PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL Support

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