Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 11.13 (2021-09-09)¶
| Date: | September 9, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Installation: | Installing Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is a collection of tools to assist you in managing PostgreSQL. Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL installs PostgreSQL and complements it by a selection of extensions that enable solving essential practical tasks efficiently.
This release is based on PostgreSQL 11.13 and includes the extended set of extensions supplied with Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patroni | 2.1.0 | a HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
| PgAudit | 1.3.2 | provides detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
| pgAudit set_user | 2.0.1 | provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate themselves to superusers or object owner roles in order to perform needed maintenance tasks. |
| pgBackRest | 2.34 | a backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
| pgBadger | 11.5 | a fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer. |
| PgBouncer | 1.16.0 | a lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
| pg_repack | 1.4.6 | rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
| pg_stat_monitor | 0.9.2 - Beta1 | collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
| wal2json | 2.3 | a PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the ETCD packages which are used for Patroni cluster setup. These packages are available for the following operating systems:
| Operating System | Package | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CentOS 7 | python3-python-etcd |
A Python client for ETCD |
| CentOS 8 | etcd |
A consistent, distributed key-value store |
python3-python-etcd |
A Python client for ETCD | |
| Debian 9 (‘stretch’) | etcd |
A consistent, distributed key-value store |
python3-etcd |
A Python client for ETCD |
Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is also shipped with the libpq library. It contains “a set of library functions that allow client programs to pass queries to the PostgreSQL backend server and to receive the results of these queries.”1